| SCANNER | Device for examining, reading or monitoring (7) |
| TASKBAR | An area or GUI on a computer's desktop for launching or monitoring applications or programs (7) |
| ERRORS | Examining reading, 'riting or 'rithmetic sometimes leads to mistakes (6) |
| OTOSCOPE | Medical device for examining the ear (8) |
| SACCADE | Word for a sudden check, jerk or pull on a horse's reins, thus a rapid movement of the eyes, as in reading or REM; or, any abrupt jolt, tic, tug, twitch or other spasmodic repositioning (7) |
| PASTIME | General word for an activity or hobby such as card-making, jigsaw-puzzling, board-gaming, reading or crossword- solving (7) |
| PERUSAL | The action of reading or examining something (7) |
| DURRELL | Perhaps reading or writing about boring, boring writer (7) |
| ATELIER | Took in story told by reading or writing workshop? (7) |
| RAILING | Reading or writing poorly is a barrier (7) |
| EXCERPT | In bar, reading or writing piece of text |
| OIL | From the Latin for "olive", an ingredient traditionally derived from said fruit; or, a flammable liquid whose figurative burning at midnight refers to reading or studying late (3) |
| SEDERUNTS | Prolonged sittings, as for reading or relaxation |
| STUDY | Room for reading or working (5) |
| SMUT | Obscene matter for reading or viewing (4) |
| DEN | Place for reading or writing |
| LIGHTBOX | A device used for examining transparencies and negatives (8) |
| DESKS | Furniture items sat at for composing letters, computing, reading or studying bureaus, davenports, critoires... (5) |
| ARMCHAIR | Adjective for someone whose knowledge about a field is from reading or observation rather than experience |
| TORONTO | Not too excited about reading or arithmetic in Canada |
