| TAKEONBOARD | Understand the enigmatic art of a bookend (4,2,5) |
| SNEAR | Tell on Sean who went off with a bookend (5) |
| SNEAK | Tell on Sean who went off with a bookend (5) |
| FINIS | A bookend |
| SOMALIAN | Nationality of the enigmatic Mona Lisa? (8) |
| ISLAND | Ricardo Montalban played the enigmatic Mr Roarke in this (Fantasy ------) |
| RIDDLER | The -, enigmatic Batman villain (7) |
| MRSROBINSON | Song by Simon & Garfunkel which was included in the 1967 film The Graduate and originally appeared on the album Bookends: 2 wds. |
| TRAMP | Uses the art of a politician to become a vagrant (5) |
| ACROBATISM | The art of a balancer, funambulist, somersaulter, tiptoer, trapezist or other performer of gymnastic feats (10) |
| DRIBBLING | Winger coming up with flashy stuff, the art of a footballer? |
| GREENSPAN | Alan of Federal Reserve fame, or a hint to the hues that bookend the starred entries |
| ANTIQUE | What might we call an object of art of a former period (7) |
| POETRY | Word for the art of a balladeer, bard, elegist, lyricist or sonneteer; or, something comparable to versification in beauty or rhythm (6) |
| HESAREBEL | 1962 Crystals album with cover art of a biker |
| JOINERY | Art of a worker in wood (7) |
| FOILS | Contrasts in fine art of a sort (5) |
| OILS | Art of a kind, works primarily timeless (4) |
| EROTICA | Art of a sexual nature (7) |
| APTNO | Art of a renter's address abbr. |
