| PTO | Request to reader to carry on reading or opt out (1.1.1) |
| CHOOSES | Selects or opts for (7) |
| UPTO | As far as university, carry on reading |
| OIL | From the Latin for "olive", an ingredient traditionally derived from said fruit; or, a flammable liquid whose figurative burning at midnight refers to reading or studying late (3) |
| EDS | Signature on a message to readers, maybe |
| ERA | Reading or writing, perhaps, in each period |
| LIP | Word before reading or service |
| DEN | Place for reading or writing |
| PHOTO | Picture instruction to reader to embrace prostitute |
| PESTO | Instruction to reader to preserve drained excess sauce (5) |
| TIPTOE | Link including instruction to reader to walk quietly (6) |
| SYMPTOM | After evacuation, safety instruction to reader to keep two metres apart is characteristic of illness (7) |
| FOLLOWMYLEADER | Editor's injunction to readers to play the game |
| SACCADE | Word for a sudden check, jerk or pull on a horse's reins, thus a rapid movement of the eyes, as in reading or REM; or, any abrupt jolt, tic, tug, twitch or other spasmodic repositioning (7) |
| ASSESSOR | The Examiner to get the lowdown from Oxford on reading (8) |
| ROMANS | Norma's quite put out on reading this section of the Bible (6) |
| LECTERN | It's for the reader to elect to join the navy (7) |
| UNPUTDOWNABLE | Said of a book that compels the reader to keep reading (13) |
| BOOKTOKEN | Reserve to recognise Scottish gift to reader? (4,5) |
| EYESTRAIN | English agreement on coach leads to reader's complaint (9) |
