| NOTARY | Nationalist books a railway official (6) |
| ATTEND | Guard's a railway official, new joined on first of December (6) |
| STATIONMASTER | Principal after post for a railway official |
| SETTEE | Look to corner railway official to get a seat (6) |
| READER | Also called a bibliophagist, one who "devours" books; a member of a particular library; a senior university lecturer; or, a proof-corrector (6) |
| BOTTLE | Courage shown by short boy alongside railway official preventing loot primarily (6) |
| BRYSON | Bill ___, author of the books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods (6) |
| SHRINE | From the Latin meaning "chest for books", a hallowed place dedicated to a scared person or object (6) |
| BOGOTA | John books a South American destination (6) |
| TOYOTA | Barbie, say, books a car (6) |
| GELATO | Books a member read about ice cream abroad (6) |
| FERMOR | Last name of the travel writer who recounted his journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul aged 18 in the books A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water (6) |
| LIBRARY | From the Latin for "bookcase", a collection of books; a building or room in a private house dedicated to said tomes; or, a publisher's series (7) |
| JAMES | Depicted in a portrait by John Singer Sargent. novelist who wrote The Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of the Dave and travel books A Little Tour in France and English Hours (5) |
| LESOTHO | Place a man books (a little hotel) (7) |
| ANALECTA | Smart man delving into a set of books, a literary collection (8) |
| ERRS | Books a table for seven at 6 instead of six at 7, say |
| AUDIT | Give the books a look |
| UNTRUTHS | Books a girl to open in American Tales |
| ROBOT | Little fellow with old books -- a performer lacking emotion (5) |
