| POETICLICENCE | Creative freedom for writer or artist (6,7) |
| ESS | Ending for author or poet |
| IZES | Suffix for author or real |
| FREEREIN | Creative freedom |
| PENCILSHARPENER | Tool for a writer or artist (6-9) |
| COPYRIGHT | For a writer or artist's exclusive protection? (9) |
| OEUVRE | Complete output of a writer or artist (6) |
| FREELANCER | A self-employed person, especially a writer or artist (10) |
| MUSE | Person who inspires a writer or artist |
| PARODY | A humorous imitation of the work a particular writer or artist; lampoon (6) |
| FREELANCE | To be self-employed, especially as a writer or artist who is hired to do specific assignments (9) |
| OPUS | Magnum _, the most important piece of work done by a writer or artist (4) |
| MOTHERCOUNTRY | Turn home to cry freedom for one's native land (6,7) |
| ATTRIBUTION | The ascribing of a particular work to an author or artist |
| VIRTUOSO | From Italian for "learned, skilful", a musician or artist of consummate technical ability; a connoisseur or dilettante of antiquities, art or curios; or, a dazzling master, prodigy, supremo or whizz i |
| PENNER | Word for a writer or composer; a case for carrying their nibs, quills or stylographs; or, one who corrals, herds or shepherds cattle, pigs, sheep or other livestock into folds, stalls or sties (6) |
| PAINTER | Rope for tying up boat or artist (7) |
| EASEL | Stand for supporting a blackboard or artist's canvas (5) |
| VMA | Annual cable channel prize for Song of the Year or Artist of the Year, in brief |
| MOTIFS | Recurrent or dominant themes or elements in paintings, textile prints, musical works or artists' A...a urges (6) |
