| PERIPETEIA | Unexpected turn of events, especially in a literary work |
| PROMOTER | One who helps to finance and organise an event, especially in boxing (8) |
| TOPOS | A stock theme, especially in a literary work |
| IMAGERY | Visually descriptive language, especially in a literary work (7) |
| NEWS | Information about important interesting recent events especially when broadcast or published |
| WALLFLOWER | Someone who is shy at social events - especially those involving dancing (10) |
| ASTINGINTHETAIL | An unexpected turn of events, and isn't he a litigant in a muddle? (1,5,2,3,4) |
| TWIST | An unexpected turn of events in the tale of Dickens' boy (5) |
| BOLTFROMTHEBLUE | Escape police custody in an unexpected turn of events (4,4,3,4) |
| OLIVERTWIST | Novel by Hardy with an unexpected turn of events |
| ISAN | "This ___ ___ unexpected turn of events." (I'm surprised) |
| IRONIC | Amusing, unexpected turn of events (6) |
| CURVEBALL | Unexpected turn of events |
| IRONIES | Unexpected turns of events |
| CONCORDANCE | A book that indexes the principal words in a literary work |
| ESSAY | Points to mention in a literary work (5) |
| CHEVILLE | French word for a peg of a stringed instrument; or, in a literary sense, a peg-like word, serving to fill a gap (8) |
| MARSHAL | Official supervising a public event, especially a sports one (7) |
| UNFINISHED | A French and Finnish report by writer of The Castle, the famous Kafkaesque one, in a literary sense (10) |
| MIASMA | Turns over a manuscript with intent leading to a bad atmosphere, in a literary sense (6) |
