| ECOTOUR | Green package, perhaps, church returned: books belonging to us |
| NEIGHBOUR | Reportedly vote against book belonging to us reaching someone close (9) |
| CHARMER | Witch perhaps, church member and monarch |
| FLYINGBUTTRESS | Perhaps church support aero-nautics, though something hairy (6,8) |
| OTHER | Different holy books belonging to woman (5) |
| TRIBAL | Case-bound book belonging to close-knit group |
| RISOTTO | Returned books to teacher for course |
| EVANESCENT | Disappearing from East part of church, returned with bouquet |
| APSE | The end of the church returned in the Spanish Inquisition (4) |
| EPIC | Grand piano, one in church, returned (4) |
| ECLAIR | Some money the church returned - that's sweet (6) |
| STOCKOPTION | Part of a compensation package, perhaps |
| POSTER | Notice man with a package, perhaps |
| AGERANGE | Numbers on a toy package, perhaps (2 wds.) |
| OLDTESTAMENT | In Truro, on vacation, returned books (3,9) |
| ERATO | Returned books are an inspiration (5) |
| FOOT | Limit of returned books (4) |
| FOOTSIE | Index of returned books with spines occasionally absent (7) |
| TSARINA | Returned books about dress on a Russian empress (7) |
| TOSCANINI | Maestro returned books with study in India |