| HOTPLATE | Good book, in part going into method of purchasing advanced cooker |
| LAYBY | Method of purchasing an item in instalments (3-2) |
| IGNITION | It is turning one gin into method of firing in an engine (8) |
| BAKU | Capital of UK abandoned in part going all the way back (4) |
| ELSALVADOR | Country vet initially cutting side, in part going backwards (2,8) |
| DEPARTMENT | Leave this writer with collection of books in part of university? |
| NOTICE | Observation of good book in Mediterranean city (6) |
| PLANT | In the first place, left a good book in the foundry (5) |
| ROOTLE | Dig around in holy books in part (6) |
| STORMONT | Furore over books in part of Belfast |
| TRANSEPT | Protestant clumsily dropping books in part of church |
| RENTALS | Leases good book in foreign currency (7) |
| LEEMARVIN | Good book, in the main, on actor Bruce, old Hollywood star (3,6) |
| HAVOC | Good book in head office beginning to cause mayhem |
| AUREOLE | Gold part going around top of evangelist's halo (7) |
| EGLANTINE | For example, left a good book, in the end, about a flowering shrub (9) |
| READER | Someone who enjoyed a good book in Fairground Attraction (6) |
| PEDANTIC | Overly fussy writer with a selection of good books in photo (8) |
| ESCROWEE | One in the process of purchasing a house, maybe |
| MAILORDER | Means of purchasing masculine book, reportedly (4,5) |
