| OUTLINE | Representation of a word in shorthand; or, a synopsis (7) |
| ISAAC | Forename of either a master of the mint who discovered gravity, a vegetarian teetotaller who invented a system of shorthand or an actor who invented a sewing machine (5) |
| SPELLED | Named the letters of a word in order (7) |
| ORDINAL | Part of a word in algebra relating to sequence (7) |
| NOTATES | Nat, the top secretary at our head office in the centre of Cheltenham, is well organised and takes everything down in shorthand (7) |
| IDAHOAN | American English lacking in proposal, zilch in shorthand? (7) |
| PARSE | Describe the form, part of speech and function of a word in a sentence |
| DEVA | Deity referenced in a Veda, and an anagram of a word in this clue |
| BLITZKRIEG | Form of warfare, partly named after a translation of a word in 5D |
| REBUS | Enigmatic representation of a word by pictures (5) |
| DIGEST | A synopsis or summary of news or current literature (6) |
| SPELLING | Writing or naming letters of a word in correct sequence (8) |
| HAL | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| SPELL | A magic formula - read out each letter of a word in order (5) |
| EKED | Squeaked (out), and a rhyme of a word in this clue |
| HALLEY | "A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets" author |
| CERES | Real-life asteroid where some sci-fi series are set ... and a homophone of a word in this clue |
| CONNOTATION | Secondary meaning of a word in addition to its explicit meaning |
| AFTERMATH | Outcome of a word in confidence one's given away |
| MALAPROPISM | The use of a word in mistake for one sounding similar, to comic effect |
