| MAGE | Fantasy game sorcerer, and an anagram of a word in this clue |
| SKULDUGGERY | and 38ac, Award-winning debut novel by Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in 2007, about an undead sorcerer and detective |
| PLEASANT | see 30ac, Award-winning debut novel by Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in 2007, about an undead sorcerer and detectiv3 |
| CHOREOGRAPHERS | Sorcerer and hag hop around ___ we map out the steps (14) |
| DEVA | Deity referenced in a Veda, and an anagram of a word in this clue |
| EKED | Squeaked (out), and a rhyme of a word in this clue |
| CERES | Real-life asteroid where some sci-fi series are set ... and a homophone of a word in this clue |
| HAL | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| PHAIR | Lilith Fair musician (and homophone of a word in this clue) |
| ELI | Name left over when you eliminate two-thirds of a word in this clue |
| DRE | Name that's an anagram of a word in 41- |
| OUTLINE | A sketch of the contours of an object or a figure; the bounds of a shape; a representation of a word in shorthand; or, a precis or summary (7) |
| NDA | Confidentiality document, and a word in this clue rearranged |
| DIDOT | French printer Firmin ___ (Hint: If you didn't know of him, his name is one letter off from a word in this clue) |
| HIRO | "Big Hero 6" boy genius whose name sounds like a word in this clue |
| EEK | Shriek that rhymes with a word in this clue |
| TOW | Anagram of a word in the preceding clue |
| TYPO | Kind of mistaek like in the third word in this clue |
| FUBU | Apparel company whose first letter stands for a three-letter word in this clue |
| CAPS | Feature of the last word in this CLUE |
