| PROFANE | There's nothing sacred in that and for a pen to write it! (7) |
| PANDERING | Indulging and gratifying when daring pen to write it out (9) |
| SECULAR | When Sue and Carl get together, there's nothing sacred (7) |
| NEAP | It takes a pen to write of such a tide (4) |
| CAPITAL | When it comes to punishment, it's very serious, and for a city, most important (7) |
| NEPTUNE | Old man riding dolphin takes up pen to write melody (7) |
| IAMBICS | The writer is using pens to write verse? (7) |
| ADSPEAK | "New and improved" and "For a limited time only" |
| ANIGHTAT | "You're willing to pay him a thousand dollars a night just for singing? Why, you can get a phonograph record of Minnie the Moocher for 75 cents. And for a buck and a quarter, you can get Minnie," decl |
| CORRAL | From "ring, to run", word for a pen in which to round up or wrangle cattle or horses on a farm or range, which also means a defensive ring of wagons (6) |
| ESSAY | Do make an attempt to write it! (5) |
| FELT | Non-woven compressed baize-like fabric used for hats and crafts; or, a short word for a pen used for colouring (4) |
| EACH | - way; in horse-racing, a bet for both a win and for a place (4) |
| STAY | Put off getting a pen to put it in (4) |
| CLEEF | Actor known for his roles as a villain in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and For A Few Dollars More, Lee Van - (5) |
| TURBOT | On reflection, sounds like it's too dry for a champagne and for a fish dinner (6) |
| LONGHAND | Yearn to have the cards dealt to write it out in full (8) |
| HANDWRITING | Sincerely yours: Only you can use a pen to put words on paper in your ___ |
| INEPT | It takes a pen to be out of place! (5) |
| THEGOODTHEBADANDTHEUGLY | Last of a trilogy of western films in the 1960s, following A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More |
