| UPANDUP | Honest course, or a hint to reading as well as interpreting each starred clue's answer |
| LAYPREACHER | One delivering sermon interpreting each prayer by length |
| THISISJUSTATEST | "We're only practicing," and a hint to reading each starred answer |
| FALLWEATHER | Autumn conditions, and a hint to reading the answers to the starred clues |
| OUTLAST | Survive longer than, and a hint to reading the starred clues |
| APRON | Section either of a boxing ring, a golf course or a theatre stage; or, a, garment worn to protect clothes (5) |
| REPEAT | A copy; a motif duplicated in a pattern; a retracing of one's course; or, a second, third, fourth etc broadcast of a radio/television programme (6) |
| ROLLINGBLACKOUT | Temporary, controlled power shutdown ... or a hint to reading four of this puzzle's answers |
| SERVICE | Set of matching china for dinner, afternoon tea or a pudding course; or, a shot to start a point in tennis (7) |
| GREEN | Sharing its root with "grass", the verdant colour of growing herbage; or, a graminaceous piece of land, such as a golf course or a village centre (5) |
| TRAP | Bunker on a golf course; or, a twowheeled, horse-drawn carriage (4) |
| BOOK | Drama about a girl who uses reading as a refuge from the horrors of WWII, The ___ Thief (4) |
| RUN | Downhill ski course or a stocking ladder |
| EIGHTEEN | All the holes on course or a majority? (8) |
| SNAREDRUM | Instrument reading as if in Arabic, rub out answer? (5,4) |
| UNROLLED | Consolidated for easier reading, as a Twitter thread |
| MAGAZINE | May be worth reading, as this is the source for the pieces (8) |
| BETWEENTHELINES | Such reading as may reveal hidden meaning, the blank spaces!(7,3,5) |
| 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) |
| HELIOTROPE | Doesn't create a stink with a feeling of expectation over Eliot going to reading (10) |
