| READABLE | Like a book that you don't want to put down |
| TELLALL | Like a book that dishes the dirt: Hyph. |
| HATEREADS | Books you finish and then want to put down? |
| THESAURUS | He has found in house a reference book that you might use (9) |
| TBRPILE | Stack of books that you plan on starting eventually, briefly |
| POINTYEND | Part of a knife that you don't want to hold |
| CART | What you don't want to put before the horse, in a saying |
| EGGS | Things you don't want to put in one basket in a dating show |
| BEDBUG | Insect that you don't want to let bite while you sleep tight (3,3) |
| FOODCOMA | Feeling of being so full that you don't want to move: 2 wds. |
| COWPAT | You don't want to put your foot in it, and frighten the postman |
| SPAMMY | Adjective describing email that you don't want |
| TWISTERTLENECK | Tornado that makes you want to put on a chunky high-collared knit? |
| PULLOVERCAST | Gray skies that make you want to put on a cozy cardigan alternative? |
| SCARCITY | Want to put a blemish on a large town |
| FAIRISLENINO | Pacific current phenomenon that makes you want to put on patterned wool? |
| RIVETING | Gripping, like a book you can't put down |
| META | Like a book about how to write a book |
| BACK | Dorsum that can be bent double, broken, got up, put against a wall, put out or turned; or, the part of a book that speaks volumes about its success (4) |
| MOVIESTAR | One that backers want to put in the picture? (5, 4) |
