| BANGKOK | Talking book? Could toil away in Tie City, say (7) |
| VOLUME | Power of talking book? (6) |
| DIATRIBE | Sort of tirade about one book? Could be (8) |
| SPEAKVOLUMES | Be very expressive when set to record talking books? (5,7) |
| SPEAKINGVOLUMES | Talking books? (8,7) |
| TOBACCO | This Road, brought to book, could have gone up in smoke (7) |
| COPILOT | Second in command and lawman to toil away (7) |
| DECENCY | Conceitedly toil away at difficulty? This is proper quality! (7) |
| EMOTION | No one book could raise this feeling |
| ENCLAVE | Scene Val created losing son in Vatican City, say (7) |
| GLASGOW | City, say, at end of evening bathed in light |
| LEGOSET | The makings of a toy city, say |
| HONORED | Given the key to the city, say |
| BLINDER | Spectacularly good performance in tie involving student, I hesitate to say (7) |
| SKYLINE | Aerial view of a city, say |
| DECIDER | Remove drink in tie-breaker? (7) |
| BOYBAND | Young British Artist in tie. Blue, possibly (3,4) |
| CLOSURE | Conservative, behold, confident in tie |
| FLAP | Part of a book could get you in one and upset you (4) |
| ERRATA | Mistakes in the book could be rare, thanks to the ending (6) |
