| SPECIFIC | Writer briefly consumed by sci-fi compilation from the start is very particular (8) |
| WELCOMED | Approved of friend of dancer briefly consumed by SEAL (8) |
| KITCHENS | Sketch in compilation from galleys (8) |
| PASTICHE | The pics, a strange compilation from various sources |
| DIAPHANOUS | In the material sense, fine director and agency worker briefly consumed by debts (10) |
| FUSSY | Complaint made by your head who is very particular (5) |
| FINICAL | Put in charge in the end, is very particular (7) |
| CALLSIGN | Mark Bellow from the start is employed by radio station (4,4) |
| EARTHSEA | Fictional world created by sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin (8) |
| STICKLER | Very particular person (8) |
| ANALYSIS | Scrutiny of very particular year sister joined (8) |
| HANNIBAL | Hotel, very particular, accommodates writer - a famous general |
| ISOLATED | Quarantined one very particular about leaving India (8) |
| LEAFMOULD | Cast taking something out of the book from the start is bound to invigorate The Field (4,5) |
| CASTLE | The Man In The High ____, 1962 novel by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick (6) |
| JEROBOAM | Humorous author briefly keeping snake in large sparkling container? |
| FREESIAS | 15 across, from the start, is raising a small number of fragrant flowers (8) |
| ARTIST | From the start , is training to be a painter (6) |
| SETUPS | Has dinner interrupted by sci-fi film arrangements (6) |
| ASTERN | Oriental, having missed the start, is at the back (6) |
