| ISIDORE | Said to have "known everything", archbishop of Seville who compiled the vast compendium of knowledge Etymologies, covering subjects from canon law to cookery utensils (7) |
| ENCYCLOPAEDIA | Compendium of knowledge (13) |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA | Reference work which is a compendium of knowledge (12) |
| JOSELUIS | Senor Cardoso, 1990s racer from Seville who competed in all GP classes and WSB. (4,4) |
| USAGE | A Dictionary of Modern English -; style guide by the lexicographer who compiled the first Concise Ox |
| HEANEY | Author of poetry collections including Wintering Out and Field Work who compiled the anthology The Rattle Bag with Ted Hughes (6) |
| HAECKEL | Biologist who coined the word "ecology" and compiled the Art Forms of Nature collection of illustrations (7) |
| BIERCE | US humorist who compiled The Devil's Dictionary |
| JEROME | Saint who compiled the Vulgate Bible |
| COLOMBO | Capital of the country formerly known as Ceylon where the vast majority of the world's cinnamon come |
| BACON | Philosopher "Doctor Mirabilis" whose 13th century compendium of the sciences of his time titled Opus Majus describes gunpowder and the magnifying properties of lenses (5) |
| NORRISMCWHIRTER | Who, with his brother Ross, compiled the Guinness Book of Records? (6,9) |
| CHEROKEE | The vast majority of this native North American people were forced to move to a reservation west of the Mississippi in 1838 (8) |
| TARAU | Romansch name of the renowned Swiss resort and billionaires' playground Davos, which is the highest town in Europe and the site of the vast Parsenn ski run (5) |
| PETER | Saint to whom the vast basilica at the heart of the Vatican City is dedicated (5) |
| CARBONDIOXIDE | Gas that forms the vast majority of the atmosphere of the planet Mars (6,7) |
| WAS | "This ___ the greatest championship I have known" (Sarazen's evaluation of Greg Norman's 1993 Britis |
| LIVY | Ancient writer who compiled Ab Urbe Condita, a vast history of Rome |
| DIGEST | Compact journal or magazine consisting of abridged news articles, literary extracts etc; or, the Justinian compendium of Roman law, also called the Pandects (6) |
| COOKERYBOOK | With numerous examples including Apicius, The English Huswife, The Forme of Cury, Good Things in England and Larousse Gastronomique, any compendium of recipes and handy culinary tips (7,4) |
