| SENIOR | Trevor ...... , striker who scored over 180 goals for Reading in the 19808 and 1990s (6) |
| BARRYCRUMP | Author who fronted a series of adverts for Toyota in the 19808 (5,5) |
| UNIVERSE | Place for students given lines for reading in sphere of activity (8) |
| PERICOPE | From "a cutting-out", a clipping or extract, particularly a passage from the Bible for reading in church (8) |
| HEADBOARD | Support for reading in bed |
| SANOGO | Yaya ___, Arsenal striker who scored four goals in their 5-1 win over Benfica in the Emirates Cup in August (6) |
| CAVANI | Edinson -, Uruguay striker who scored both goals in the FIFA World Cup win over Portugal (6) |
| DIDIER | and 44ac, Ivorian striker who scored the winning penalty for Chelsea in the 2012 Champions League final |
| LEADER | What the person ahead of us is reading in the paper? (6) |
| GIROUD | Olivier, French striker who scored the winner in the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarter-final v England (6) |
| AGUERO | Sergio, striker who scored the late title-winning goal for Manchester City FC in 2012 (6) |
| HECTOR | Kevin ...... , striker who scored 147 goals for Derby between 1966 and 1978 (6) |
| DROGBA | see 22ac, Ivorian striker who scored the winning penalty for Chelsea in the 2012 Champions League final |
| REARED | Brought up reading in the middle of research on revolutionary (6) |
| EDBERG | Stefan ---, Swedish tennis player who won six Grand Slam singles titles in the 1980s and 1990s (6) |
| GARNER | Simon ......, striker who scored a record 194 goals for Blackburn Rovers (6) |
| OBTUSE | Hot off the stove top, temperature value is over 180 degrees |
| FINLAY | Doctor___, eponymous hero of a popular 1960s and 1990s TV series (6) |
| ESCORT | Best-selling Ford model of the 1980s and 1990s |
| MALAGA | SEAT saloon from the Eighties and Nineties (6) |
