| ATHABASCAN | A traveller's first hour with a book, taking a look at a group of languages |
| GIRLS | No. 65: HBO series that's a "poignant look at a group of young women at a precarious moment in their lives" |
| ABHOR | Hate a book taking three quarters of an hour (5) |
| ATLASES | Books taking a time to get fantastic sales (7) |
| ATBEST | A challenge to absorb book, taking the most optimistic view (2,4) |
| DALESMAN | Northerner whose daughter replaces traveller's first son |
| CHATTY | Talkative traveller's first inside new yacht (6) |
| AGENT | A set of books taking in extremely gullible representative |
| GAGARIN | Lady pop star runs in to see space traveller, first of all (7) |
| INTROVERT | International traveller, first to Tunis, is one less interested in the wider world |
| AKAN | It's a lake in Japan that shares a name with a group of languages in Africa. (Which is simply a coincidence.) |
| OBSERVING | Coming out with and taking a look at (9) |
| OTOSCOPE | Nothing to sweep for taking a look at hearing things (8) |
| TUMULI | Corporation, in short, had to turn left at a group of burial mounds (6) |
| FREIGHTTRAIN | One fighter turned up to take aim at a group of goods wagons (7,5) |
| INDICIA | Signs I associated at first with a group of languages |
| ROMANCE | A group of languages descended from Latin, including Catalan, Italian and Provencal; or, a medieval tale of adventure and heroism written in one of these vernaculars (7) |
| KWA | A branch of a group of languages spoken in W Africa (3) |
| BUFFALO | Expert taking a look at port |
| BIRDWATCHING | Taking a look at fliers ready to be photographed? |