| LEDGER | A book or other collection of financial accounts (6) |
| BUNDLE | A drum of belongings, a ream of paper, a sheaf of corn, a wad of cash or other collection of loosely gathered or bound things (6) |
| CURATOR | A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection (7) |
| CAUTIOUS | Economy concealing a collection of financial debts makes one wary (8) |
| KNOWLEDGE | No State gets incomplete collection of financial figures - that's all in your head! (9) |
| LEAFED | Looked through a book or other written material (6) |
| TAXMAN | Government inspector of financial accounts (6) |
| AUDITS | Official examinations of financial accounts |
| CHAPTER | From "caput", meaning "head", a titled division of a book or other written work; a distinctive period in history or in a person's life; or, a series of events forming an episode (7) |
| LOCUS | A place; the position of a gene on a chromosome; or, a passage in a book or other piece of writing (5) |
| TOKENS | Gift vouchers exchanged for books or other products; or, pieces used in some board games (6) |
| PREPAY | Settle financial account in advance (6) |
| TITLE | Old English word originally denoting an inscription or descriptive placard giving information about an object, later the distinctive name of a book or other composition (5) |
| ABRIDGE | Reduce the length of a book or other document (7) |
| REPORTAGE | The factual, journalistic presentation of an account in a book or other text (9) |
| BESTSELLER | A book or other item that has sold in large numbers |
| EXTRACTS | Passages taken from a book or other writing (8) |
| AUDIT | Official scrutiny of financial accounts (5) |
| FDIC | Guarantor of financial accounts, for short |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | A list of books or other material on a subject (12) |
