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BIRTHCONTROLDetailed writer needs time, hard lead and a rubber for this (5,7)
PERTINENTSuitable writer needs time if holding up saltpetre (9)
AUTHENTICGenuine gold next to lead and a bit of nickel
LEWISCARROLLChildren's author needs wheels to turn - to create another?
TITTLETATTLEGossip needs time to enter name and two temporary initials in account (6-6)
RIPENTo mature, a bit of a writer needs a pen
AUTHORITARIANInflexible writer needs IT in a particular house for March-April
CREPEAny of various crimped or wrinkled fabrics, hence the crinkled tissue paper for decorations; a thin French pancake; or, rubber for soles (5)
HOTWATER____ bottle, item usually of rubber for warming a bed (3,5)
ERASERA piece of rubber for deleting something already written (6)
THRASHBeat time, hard and over-hasty
HOURTime's hard for us (4)
EPOCHRemarkable time, hard to manage running backwards (5)
LEVIATHANThrough time, hard to stop gaunt monster (9)
SHOUTTurn to buy Guinness maybe when time's hard? (5)
SCRIBEThe writer needs a bed in the south-east (6)
BLOTTINGPAPERMessy writer needs this big pot plant cultivated by HM (8,5)
DRINKWhat a writer needs following drive - booze (5)
BRUCEWILLIS"Die Hard" lead
TIFFRow hard, lead evaporating