| ORTHOGRAPHERS | They make a study of spelling |
| CON | Make a study of the Draconian period? |
| CONMAN | Swindler will make a study of humankind (3,3) |
| READS | Makes a study of |
| PALAEOGEOGRAPHY | Immersed in ancient writing, little George makes a study of the Old World (15) |
| DUSTY | Like the dry old stuff of which to make a study? (5) |
| FALLOVERONESELF | Take a lot of trouble to make all novels free of spelling mistakes (4,4,7) |
| CHECKER | A verifier of spelling, e.g.; a cashier; one who hinders, rebukes or stops; or, in the US, a cloakroom attendant (7) |
| STATISTIC | Fact or piece of data obtained from a study of a large quantity of numerical data (9) |
| MAJOR | Principal of a study of a student at university (5) |
| POPULATION | Number of people misspelling me in a concoction of spelling? (10) |
| TERM | Time for schoolchildren to learn a bit of spelling? (4) |
| ISRAEL | and 5dn, British humorist and writer whose works include the novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People and the play The Melting Pot |
| ZANGWILL | see 6dn, British humorist and writer whose works include the novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People and the play The Melting Pot |
| TOYNBEE | Author of A Study of History (7) |
| CLASSICS | They include a study of Greek races (8) |
| ADEN | A study of a Middle East port (4) |
| THETHREERS | Basic education, with a couple of spelling mistakes (3,5,2) |
| ISPY | Children's game, requiring a basic level of spelling, which begins, '..., with my little eye' (1,3) |
| BROACH | Open up a discussion about another topic; "Alternative way of spelling Bharuch" (6) |
