| GRUBSTREET | The world of literary hacks |
| BOOKREVIEW | Piece of literary criticism |
| MISCELLANY | A collection of literary works (10) |
| STYLISTICS | Study of literary genres (10) |
| REDHERRING | Piece of literary misdirection |
| CENTO | From "patchwork garment", a type of literary collage or mosaic consisting of a poem/writing made up of scraps or verses from other authors; or, a string of commonplace quotations (5) |
| DAPHNEDUMAURIER | Full name of a highly acclaimed author who was a dame of literary shadows, mistress of suspense and a granddaughter of Trilby's creator (6,2,7) |
| JEEVESIAN | Of, or relating to, the fictional valet of literary character Bertie Wooster (9) |
| LEAR | Edward -; author of literary nonsense who wrote The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (4) |
| EMPSON | English poet, crossword devotee and Wykehamist who penned the 1930 work of literary criticism titled Seven Types of Ambiguity (6) |
| LOMBARDIC | See mass of literary poet of Northern Italian dialect |
| PICKWICKIAN | Member of literary club is in the papers |
| DECONSTRUCTION | Method of critical analysis of literary texts |
| SCARLETT | Southern belle, of literary world, clatters about (8) |
| CRITICS | They judge the merits of literary or artistic works (7) |
| EPIC | 'Iliad' / 'Paradise Lost' / are examples of this kind of literary piece |
| TRADITION | The Great -; work of literary criticism by F. R. Leavis (9) |
| GARLAND | Plaited wreath of flowers and foliage draped as a decoration; or, an old word for anthology or miscellany of literary pieces such as poems (7) |
| PORTERHOUSEBLUE | A stroke of literary genius the author promptly included in book (11,4) |
| POETIC | The kind of literary style that might be turned to epic (6) |
