| MICROCOSM | A world in miniature |
| SAND | "To see a World in a Grain of ... / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower" (Blake) |
| THEODICY | A vindication of the justice of God in establishing a world in which evil exists (8) |
| TOSEE | "___ a world in a grain of sand": Blake |
| OTHERLANDS | Thomas Halliday nonfiction book subtitled A World In The Making, Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022, recently published in paperback (10) |
| POSTTRUTH | Like a world in which objective |
| BARREL | A cask made by a cooper; a similar keg in miniature whose customary suspension from a St Bernard's collar is attributed to a painting by Sir Edwin Landseer; or, a horse's belly (6) |
| POSY | Hand-tied seasonal bouquet in miniature; or, a sentiment inscribed inside a gold ring as a token of love (4) |
| TROSSACHS | The -; often described as the Highlands in miniature, a wooded valley immortalised in Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake (9) |
| DIORAMA | Three-dimensional model of a scene, either life-size as a museum exhibit or in miniature (7) |
| MODEL | Preparatory sculpture or maquette in clay or wax; or, a representation of an object, typically in miniature (5) |
| MURINE | Head in miniature, wee like a mouse (6) |
| SCORECARD | Item accompanying a pencil in miniature golf |
| PUTTED | Took a turn in miniature golf |
| MAN | "Heaven and earth in miniature," per a Chinese proverb |
| PICASSO | Artist's image in miniature in part of note |
| DOLLSHOUSE | Building in miniature such as the one designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens for Queen Mary in the 1920s (5,5) |
| CORONET | A type of crown in miniature styled with strawberry leaves according to the rank of the respective noble (7) |
| TOWER | Barbican, campanile, mirador or other tall structure; or, with "house", a peel-like castle in miniature (5) |
| TOPPER | Informal name for the hat depicted in miniature as one of the iconic charm-like pieces in Monopoly (6) |