Read you can't put down, and a hint to the starred answers' indicated letters

• Compelling read
• Something that's hard to close?
• It can make you lose track of the time
• You can't put it down
• Riveting work that could make servant spit
• A pure gent terribly close to disaster in exciting book
• Summon a cable magnate?
• Summon Ted at a media meeting?
• Singers Patti and Tina?

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n. (alternative spelling of page-turner English)