| ANECDOTES | Stories are sadly second-rate, without a hint of realism (9) |
| CONSTERNATION | Shock and cheat people collecting surge rates without a hint of affectation (13) |
| RESIGNED | Philosophical novel one ends eg with hint of realism |
| SECT | Faction is first-rate without the French (4) |
| EUROPEANPLAN | Maybe French aim to provide hotel rate without meals to American |
| AVOID | Duck is first rate without stuffing? |
| FASCINATE | Attract karma, embracing a sin without a hint of conscientiousness (9) |
| ITINERANT | Travelling in it to north-eastern Iran without a hint of trouble (9) |
| SIMONPURE | Without a hint of fakeness |
| FORMALISE | Give definite shape to bursts of realism (9) |
| THRILLERS | Exciting stories are demanded by her still - right? (9) |
| BLACKWOOD | see 5dn, Noir author whose Scudder stories are set in New York (8,5) |
| LASTRITES | see 5dn, Noir author whose Scudder stories are set in New York (8,5) |
| PARSONAGE | see 5dn, Noir author whose Scudder stories are set in New York (8,5) |
| MONTEZUMA | see 5dn, Noir author whose Scudder stories are set in New York (8,5) |
| MOUNTAINS | see 5dn, Noir author whose Scudder stories are set in New York (8,5) |
| TERRORIST | see 5dn, Noir author whose Scudder stories are set in New York (8,5) |
| CHAPERONE | see 5dn, Noir author whose Scudder stories are set in New York (8,5) |
| THEKHYBER | see 5dn, Noir author whose Scudder stories are set in New York (8,5) |
| DEEPSPACE | Where many SF stories are set |
