| STUDIED | I dusted off and read books (7) |
| EDITION | Some tried it. I only read book. (7) |
| AUDITOR | A listener who reads books perhaps? (7) |
| TWOSOME | Couple to read book, which includes "Return of Miss Piggy" (7) |
| DEDUCTS | Takes off, having dusted around and about (7) |
| CLEANED | Mopped, dusted and picked up (7) |
| ASTRIDE | Sit and read novel on a horse, maybe (7) |
| EARTHED | Made electrical connection and read with the new arrangement (7) |
| PERVADE | Pass through class at school and read possibly about verse (7) |
| REACHED | Came to and read about a revolutionary (7) |
| TIRADES | Outbursts to sit and read, possibly (7) |
| TURKISH | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ delight, a sweetmeat consisting of gelatine boiled, cubed and dusted with sugar (7) |
| DELIGHT | Turkish ____ , a sweetmeat consisting of gelatine boiled, cubed and dusted with sugar (7) |
| KNUCKLE | Joint that gets dusted? (7) |
| ALLOVER | Done and dusted? Yes, from top to toe (3,4) |
| FIVECARDSTUD | Female vicar dusted off poker (4,4,4) |
| TIDY | Dusted off, say |
| VCR | Device dusted off to watch old home movies, maybe |
| DIPINTO | I'd return to awkward point and read just a few passages (3,4) |
| NOCANDO | "Above my pay grade" ... and, read in four parts, a hint to 16-, 24-, 32-, 40- and 49- Across |
