| ANTHOLOGY | From the Greek meaning "flowergatherer", a choice collection of paintings, poems, stories or songs (9) |
| CYCLE | Set or series of paintings, poems, romances, songs or stories based on a recurring theme (5) |
| CYCLES | Sequences of poems, stories, matters, operas or mystery plays composed around a central theme (6) |
| GALLERY | Collection of paintings or the room in which they are exhibited; or, a long balcony (7) |
| LEGEND | Key/guide to the symbology on a map; collection of traditional stories; or, an inscription on a coin/medal (6) |
| PONGO | In literature, the nickname of Reginald Twistleton in the Wodehousian Uncle Fred stories; or, the main male Dalmatian in The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5) |
| BOOKSHOP | A dealer in dictionaries, emporium for editions, haven for hardbacks, retailer of reads, store for stories or other bibliopolic paradise for the purchase and perusal of bound paper or pen-and-ink publ |
| FEATURES | A newspaper's regular articles or prominent stories; or, parts of the face (8) |
| THRONE | From the Greek meaning "elevated seat", an episcopal, monarchal or papal chair, sometimes raised upon a dais; or, the duties and power ascribed to a king or queen (6) |
| BUTTER | From the Greek meaning "cow cheese", a block, pat or hand rolled portion of churned cream, used in cookery or as a spread for crumpets, teacakes or toast (6) |
| ZODIAC | From the Greek meaning "sculptured animal figure", a belt of constellations in the night sky whose beasts include Aries the Ram, Leo the Lion and Sagittarius the Centaur (6) |
| DRUPE | From the Greek meaning "olive", a botanical word for a stone fruit such as the aforementioned or the almond, apricot, cherry, damson, greengage, mirabelle or sloe (5) |
| TROUSSEAU | Collection of paintings essentially by a French artist (9) |
| TALES | Tarradiddles; an old word for numbers; or, fairy stories or narratives such as those collected or written by the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen (5) |
| LELY | Artist noted for his Windsor Beauties collection of paintings (4) |
| LYRE | Originally with a tortoiseshell body, an ancient Greek instrument for accompanying poetry or songs (4) |
| NURSERYRHYMES | Simple or traditional poems or songs for children (7,6) |
| ITALIC | Sloping type often used to denote the titles of books or songs (6) |
| ASTRONOMY | Derived from the Greek meaning "law of the stars", the scientific study of celestial objects and the universe (9) |
| BASILISK | From the Greek meaning "little king", a mythical serpent with a lethal gaze, often described in a bestiary, or, a heraldic cockatrice (8) |
