| GIRLGUIDE | Scout gives young lady a handbook (4,5) |
| TALENTSPOTTER | Scout gives gifts to craftsman |
| WHIPPERSNAPPER | Whiskey cooler photographer gives young rascal (14) |
| OXYGENTENT | Something in the air for the scouts gives one a breather (6,4) |
| LADEN | Charged to give young boy directions (5) |
| VADEMECUM | A handbook or guide kept constantly at hand for consultation (4,5) |
| MISSAL | Religious book for a young lady - a student (6) |
| ROOSEVELT | President's First Lady a little lethargic in bed (9) |
| DEMOISELLE | Young lady, a la francaise |
| MISUSERS | They treat poorly young lady, a drug addict that's been admitted (8) |
| QUEEN | Word primarily referring to a regina, but also a "dame" playing card; a gyne honey bee; a large olive; a powerful chess "lady"; a rex cat's female mate; or, any woman of excellence (5) |
| SPOTTER | Person who observes birds, trees. planes, weather etc as a hobby or job, sometimes using a handbook or field guide of the same name (7) |
| TORAH | The teaching of early Jewish priests found in a booklet or a handbook (5) |
| MANICURE | One who does this might have studied a handbook (8) |
| GUIDEPOSTAGE | Expense incurred in mailing a handbook? |
| USER | One with a handbook |
| GETTINGYOURGOAT | ... a handbook on raising kids? |
| BOYS | Scouting for -; short title of a handbook by Robert Baden-Powell (4) |
| GUIDE | An animal, person or thing that directs or steers, such as a handbook, manual, mountaineering leader , pathfinder or seeing-eye dog (5) |
| SHERIFF | Law officer gives a lady a piece of music (7) |
