| HOBBYISM | Practice of pursuing philately, photography, poetry, pottery, puzzles or other pastimes for pleasure (8) |
| TEASER | A prankster, ribber, tantaliser or taunter; a brain-twister, mind-bender, poser, puzzle or other riddle; a jaeger; a cryptic advertisement designed to entice or titillate; or, a wool-comber (6) |
| REC | Pastimes, for short |
| COMPENDIUM | Book of useful hints or facts; collection of puzzles or board games in a single box; or, a set or packet of stationery for writing letters (10) |
| PANE | Word originally for a rag or a piece of cloth that later came to mean a division of a window or its sheet of glass; or, in philately, a page of stamps from a booklet (4) |
| POSERS | Attitudinisers, exhibitionists or show-offs; models or sitters; or, perplexing puzzles or questions (6) |
| CHINESE | Word linking chequers, puzzles or whispers for three games/pastimes (7) |
| DINGBATS | Word for thingamybobs; delirium tremens; printers' ornaments; rebus puzzles or "Whatzits"; or, fools (8) |
| ESSAYS | In philately, proposed designs of vignettes or borders for postage stamps; or, academic writings of fewer words than dissertations or theses (6) |
| ACROSTICS | Puzzles or poems where the first letters of each line form words (9) |
| SHAPES | Geometric figures, such as those reflected in tangram puzzles or Winalot biscuits for dogs (6) |
| ADDICT | Word, from "assigned by decree" and "given over", for one who is bound to something, such as alcohol, chocolate, coffee, puzzles or work (6) |
| ANAGRAMS | Words rearranged to form others in puzzles or word games (8) |
| CONUNDRUMS | Puzzles or riddles that are difficult to solve (10) |
| SEESA | ___ future in (thinks of pursuing, careerwise) |
| BIOPIC | I work in charge of pursuing British film |
| AFTERMATH | Consequences of pursuing US subject |
| SUITABLE | Fit and capable of pursuing legal proceedings? (8) |
| APRON | In favour of pursuing a new protective garment |
| HUNTING | Activity of pursuing wild animals (7) |
