| READOUT | Utter text aloud, ... the letter (4,3) |
| EXTREME | Utter text, remembering contents (7) |
| EYE | Look at and read aloud the letter |
| SEES | Looks at and reads aloud the letters (4) |
| ARTIE | *Clarinetist Shaw ... or, when said aloud, the only two consonants in the answers to the starred clues |
| OSCARWINNER | What you get upon reading aloud the answers to the seven italicized clues |
| QUOTA | One repeating aloud the amount allowed |
| RECITE | Read aloud 'The Nameless Temptress' upside down (6) |
| DOH | Reading aloud the tender note |
| TREASON | In 5.2, a scene with the Duke and Duchess of York, the Duke snatches a letter from his son. After he reads the letter, what does he accuse his son of? |
| CROATIA | Country whose capital is the only one in the world with a name beginning with the letter "Z" (7) |
| ECUADOR | With a national capital which is the only one beginning with the letter "Q", a South American country including the Galapagos Islands (7) |
| LITERAL | Following the letter of the text, exact or original word / verbatim |
| CRUELTY | The letter 'C' in the name of the charity RSPCA stands for this (7) |
| CEDILLA | What is the mark signifying the soft pronunciation of the letter 'c' in French? (7) |
| OPENEND | Side of the envelope the letter goes in |
| RIPOSTE | The letter I posted contains the answer (7) |
| CHARLIE | The letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet (7) |
| EMENDED | Got the letter finished and made the corrections (7) |
| TENANTS | They follow the rules to the letter |
