| BAILIE | Old officer producing book with a story-teller's confession |
| GOREVIDAL | Drive out in the end with a story teller (4,5) |
| SHERIFF | Chief law-enforcement officer producing series of notes to support the woman (7) |
| WARRANT | Kind of officer producing written authorisation for payment (7) |
| AIDES | Officers producing plans advanced to the front |
| BOOK | From the Old English for "beech", a bibliophilic item printed with a story, poem etc, such as A Child's Christmas in Wales, The Chimes, Little Women or A Visit from St. Nicholas (4) |
| EBERT | His 1999 review of the first Pokemon movie begins with a story about him playing a game of Pokemon with a 6-year-old and losing all his cards |
| AESOP | A setback for a story-teller |
| BREEDING | Producing book and associated activity, we hear (8) |
| LIBRETTO | Toil Bert recollected, producing book |
| BASIS | Foundation producing book in an unchanged state (5) |
| DEUTERONOMY | Convert you mentored, producing book from OT (11) |
| JOSHUA | Banter over posh amateur producing book (6) |
| ATLAST | Finally producing book of maps on time |
| ORDINAL | Roland and I became involved in producing book for masses (7) |
| RACON | Only half of story-tellers used a communications device |
| CORONET | Love in an old officer, one of those associated with 5(7) |
| TIPSTAFF | Old officer to give a little extra to those who serve |
| LOCOMOTIVE | Rocket, perhaps, old officer sent up with reason |
| ORINOCO | At home with old officer south of Yellow River |
