| BODLEIAN | Research library of the University of Oxford, established 1602 (8) |
| GEORGEPEABODY | 19th-century research library in Baltimore which was funded by the father of modern philanthropy: 2 wds. |
| RODERIGO | Secondary antagonist of Shakespeare's Othello (1602-4), in love with Desdemona (8) |
| EPHESIAN | Of the Turkish city where the Library of Celsus is found (8) |
| PENDULUM | Device whose use for regulating a clock depends on Galileo Galilei's 1602 principle of isochronism (8) |
| EXLIBRIS | From the Latin meaning "from the library of", a book with a bookplate carrying the owner's name and often their coat of arms or crest (2-6) |
| CRESSIDA | Troilus and ___, 1602 tragedy by William Shakespeare |
| ORIEL | One of the colleges of the University of Oxford; or, a type of bay window (5) |
| KEBLE | One of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, named after a Tractarian |
| TRINITY | One of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford (7) |
| BALLIOL | One of the colleges of the University of Oxford, founded 1263 (7) |
| ASHMOLEAN | Name of the University of Oxford's museum of art and archaeology (9) |
| CALCUTTA | Home to the National Library of India |
| NEDKELLY | Outlaw whose armour is on display at the State Library of Victoria (3,5) |
| DOMINUSILLUMINATIOMEA | "The Lord is my light" as the University of Oxford motto |
| CONGRESS | Library of ____, U.S. national one in Washington D.C. that was founded in 1800 (8) |
| SOMERVILLECOLLEGE | Constituent part of the University of Oxford converted into a military hospital during World War I whose patients included Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon |
| ASHMOLE | see 21ac, English antiquary who donated most of his collection to the University of Oxford to create a museum that is named after him |
| ELIAS | and 47ac, English antiquary who donated most of his collection to the University of Oxford to create a museum that is named after him |
| DONS | Educators at the University of Oxford |
