| EROTICA | What is sexually exciting literature or art? (7) |
| SENSUAL | ... unless a replacement can be found that is sexually exciting (7) |
| SULTRY | Sexually exciting or gratifying (6) |
| EROTIC | Sexually exciting (6) |
| THEME | Topic; prevailing idea in literature or art; or, a Byzantine district (5) |
| GENRE | Information about category of literature or art |
| HASTHEHOTSFOR | Is sexually attracted to (informal) (3,3,4,3) |
| HUNK | Well-built man who is sexually attractive (4) |
| FORM | A long bench; a hare's bed; one's figure or physique; or, structural unity in art, literature or music (4) |
| KITSCH | Vulgar or trashy art, literature or music (6) |
| HOTDATE | Palm fruit that had been cooked for social engagement with one to whom one is sexually attracted (3,4) |
| ACADEMY | An association or institution for the advancement of art, literature, or science. (7) |
| PATHOS | The quality or power, especially in literature or speech, of arousing feelings of pity or sorrow (6) |
| CRITIC | From the Greek meaning "judge", a professional reviewer of art, drama, food, literature or music; or, a fault-finder in general (6) |
| SNIPPETS | Word for little pieces of cloth cut or scissored off, thus for brief extracts, scraps or shreds of something, such as information, literature or news (8) |
| THEMES | Recurrent motifs pervading works of art, literature or music (6) |
| CHARACTERSKETCH | Certain description in literature ... or the clue for 38- Across, 3- Down, 7- Down or 11- Down? |
| LETTERS | Missives composed in the art of epistolography; alphabetic characters; literature; or, erudition (7) |
| READING | Action of interpreting printed or written words; a narration; knowledge of literature; or, the study of books (7) |
| ARABIC | Relating to the literature or language of the Arab people (6) |
