| TSUNDOKU | Japanese term for the act of buying books and never reading them |
| STITCHUP | What is a slang term for the act of incriminating a person for a crime? (6-2) |
| PURCHASE | The act of buying (8) |
| TRANSACTION | Act of buying/selling |
| STARSHIP | Enterprise shown by some reading them daily? That's cool (8) |
| CLUES | You're reading them |
| REVIVAL | Word for the act of giving someone or something, such as an old play, the kiss of life; quickening from depression or languor; or, religious awakening (7) |
| CREATION | Word for the act of making; the artefact made; an elaborate or unusual garment, hat etc; or, the cosmos (8) |
| RAPHAEL | Italian painter who, with his studio, executed the cartoons for the Acts of the Apostles series of tapestries (7) |
| KARAOKE | A kind of interactive entertainment, named after the Japanese term for 'empty orchestra' |
| APPROVAL | Word for the act of sanctioning or agreeing; commendation; or, favourable judgement (8) |
| TILING | Word for the act of tessellating; or, azulejos, slates etc collectively (6) |
| EXPOSURE | Word for the act of laying open or bare; or, a shelterless state (8) |
| CHOICE | Word for the act/power of electing, hand-picking, opting or selecting; the thing decided on; or, the best or preferable part, aka the plum (6) |
| MAKING | Word for the act of forming bread, cabinets, cakes, candles, Christmas cards, decisions or anything else (6) |
| PURSUIT | Word for the act of following or chasing a fast car, game, a hobby, knowledge, love, a track bike, trivia etc; or, that which is striven after (7) |
| ALLISION | An unusual word for the act of dashing or striking against, whose near-homophonic etymological or semantic relative means apparition, deception, maya or mirage (8) |
| ZAIBATSU | Japanese term for a large business or industrial conglomerate (8) |
| OSHO | Japanese term for a high-ranking Buddhist monk (4) |
| AWARE | Mono no ___, Japanese term for a gentle sadness at life's impermanence |
