| RUSHLIMBAUGH | "The Way Things Ought to Be" author |
| LIMBAUGH | "The Way Things Ought to Be" author |
| BALLPOINT | Graduate takes on pupils, having aim to be writer (9) |
| GHOSTWRITERS | Spirit (whiskey) moving triers to be authors, albeit unacclaimed (12) |
| WRITE | Claim, you say, to be authors (5) |
| GHOST | Could they be author of "The Wraith" and "The Phantom Spirits"? (5,7) |
| FARLEYMOWAT | The Dog Who Wouldn't Be author (6,5) |
| WRITERS | Could they be authors of _The Wraith" and _The Phantom Spirit"? (5-7) |
| RODMAN | "Bad As I Wanna Be" author |
| POPE | In general, spiritual leader can be author. (9,4) |
| ALEXANDER | In general, spiritual leader can be author. (9,4) |
| PLAYMAKERS | They could be writers or leading team members |
| LOGAN | Could be writer John, James Howlett or Ted (5) |
| SENECA | "What fools these mortals be" writer |
| THEN | The way things used to be? (4) |
| OPTICS | The way things look to the public |
| NAMEOFTHEGAME | That's the way thing are or can be expected to be (4,2,3,4) |
| ASIUNDERSTANDIT | "The way things were explained to me..." |
| ASISEEIT | 'The way things look to me ...' |
| TAX | A tribute to the way things are run? |
