| SCRIBES | Who were those who formerly made copies of manuscripts (7) |
| OASIS | Who were those bros, having topped the charts thanks to John Osborne's prose? (5) |
| TREATIES | Some historical ____ were those of Waitangi, Versailles and Brest-Litovsk |
| INFATUATE | Make a silly person say where were those calories you absorbed? |
| LIMNERS | Illuminators of manuscripts or painters of portraits/miniatures (7) |
| CHAMOIS | Soft suede leather formerly made from the hide of the animal Rubicapra rubicapra (7) |
| VERSIFY | Check over last of manuscripts revealing what poets do (7) |
| CROWNED | Formerly made king? Yes, Don and the crew set out to see it (7) |
| EQUERRY | Who, formerly, was an officer of a royal household (7) |
| DEADSEA | and 23ac, Collection of manuscripts discovered in caves near Qumran between 1947 and 1956 (4,3,7) |
| SCROLLS | see 11ac, Collection of manuscripts discovered in caves near Qumran between 1947 and 1956 (4,3,7) |
| NIRMALA | ____ Sitharaman, current Finance Minister of India, who formerly served as the Defence Minister of India |
| CAULKER | Steven -, Fenerbahce and Sierra Leone defender who formerly played for QPR and England (7) |
| SMOTHER | Put out alternative after return of manuscript (7) |
| OMNIBUS | Collected edition of manuscript includes box put up by university (7) |
| PATRESE | Riccardo, Formula 1 motor racing driver who formerly held the record for most Grand Prix races (7) |
| ROOTOUT | Get rid of manuscript removed from chambers by solicitor |
| SANCTUM | Tear out of manuscript repaired in private room |
| TRET | An allowance of extra weight formerly made to purchasers of some goods for waste in transportation |
| LIMNER | An illuminator of manuscripts; or, a painter of portrait miniatures (6) |
