- READS
- Does some browsing, perhaps
- Opens e-mail
- Enjoys an Agatha Christie mystery, maybe
- Renders aloud
- Enjoys the new Sally Rooney, say
- ___ the room (clocks what's what)
- Isn't illiterate
- Analyzes
- Fires up the Nook
- Acts the bookorm
- Pores over
- Says the word?
- Consumes digests
- Learns, in a way
- Enjoys Twain, perhaps
- Cracks the books
- Enjoys the paper
- Tells a bedtime story
- Enjoys a novelette
- Makes out
- Enjoys a book
- Scans a poster, say
- Tackles a tome
- Scans
- Peruses
- Devours Bacon
- Scans, as a letter
- Has a novel experience?
- Interprets
- Leafs through
- Uses a Kindle
- Displays literacy
- Enjoys newspapers
- Uses one's contacts, perhaps
- Auditions (for)
- Enjoys a novel
- Preuses
- Uses one's contacts, maybe
- Novel experiences
- Curls up with a book
- Enjoys King and Queen
- Curls up with a Kindle
- Good __: enjoyable books
- Understands, as a radio message
- Digests visually
- Consumes, in a way
- Takes in a book
- Scans, maybe
- Does some browsing
- Goes over
- Tries for a part
- Cracks a book
- Consumes mags
- Turns a page-turner's pages
- Takes in text
- Enjoys a magazine
- Has an audition
- Goes through an article
- Scrolls through an e-book
- Picks up on
- Construes
- Relishes a mystery, say
- Scrolls through
- Enjoys a newspaper
- Enjoys a whodunit, say
- Checks a proof
- Demonstrates one's literacy
- Takes in the newspaper?
- Cons.
- Learns by observing.
- Studies.
- Curls up with a good book.
- Foretells.
- Registers.
- Spells out.
- Auditions for a stage role.
- Deciphers.
- Does a tea-leaf job
- Does palmistry
- Uses the library
- ___ the riot act
- Is literate
- Comprehends written material
- Interprets a part
- Enjoys literature
- Uses books
- Performs from a lectern
- Decodes
- Infers
- Absorbs books
- Auditions
- Is a bookhound
- Understands
- Is a bibliophile
- Reviews
- Likes literature
- Examines a passage
- Indicates, as a gauge
- Gets the mood of
- Patronizes a library
- Page-turners are good ones
- Goes from cover to cover
- Uses a Kindle, e.g.
- Shows, as a thermometer does a temperature
- Tries out for a part
- Is a bookworm
- Enjoys Joyce, Carroll or Oates
- Scans, say
- Tries for a role
- Books, informally
- Interpretations
- Takes in what someone wrote
- Uses a Nook or a Kindle
- Fan does this to album review
- Preps for book club
- Helps a child fall to sleep, perhaps
- Proves literacy
- Proves one's literacy
- Examines tea leaves
- Interprets lip movements
- Is familiar with Asimov to Zola
- Utilizes a library, in a way
- Acts the bookworm
- Understands, as sheet music
- Peruses a book
- Emulates a bookworm
- Doesn't just skim
- Enjoys a paperback
- Processes, as a chip card
- Scans, like a barcode
- Takes in a good book
- Goes through line by line
- Curls up with a book, say
- Devours Asimov to Zola
- Enjoys Moby Dick
- Uses a library
- Some books are good ones
- Figures out the characters
- Takes in some literature
- Judges, as a golf green
- Enjoys a Kindle download
- Tries out for a role
- Auditions for a part
- Takes time for some Tomi Adeyemi
- Gets lost in a book
- Works through a TBR list
- Enjoys a fanzine
- Enjoys "Bad Behavior," say
- Deciphers, e.g.
- Decodes, say
- Infers via observation
- Proofs, say
- Checks the books?
- Digests digests
- Demonstrates literacy
- Figures out the intentions of
- Takes a look at a Nook
- Consumes a 15-Across
- ___ the riot act (reprimands)