| ORTHODOX | Established writer comes in to land, do we hear? |
| APPROACH | An avenue or drive; draw near to; a means of dealing with a job, problem or situation; or, the way in which an aircraft comes in to land (8) |
| SEMICOLON | Mark of a writer comes in novel, nothing left to hide (9) |
| TERRAPIN | Water creature softly comes in to land (8) |
| SCRIBE | B cries out and a writer comes in (6) |
| PENSIONSCHEME | Author comes in ? he's altered retirement plan (7,6) |
| ASIMOV | Sci-fi author comes in as I move out (6) |
| GREASE | The fat of the land, do we hear? (6) |
| ESSAYIST | Writer comes back from southeast to say what comes first (8) |
| BIGBEN | Writer comes over to tour Britain, beginning in Edinburgh with iconic landmark |
| DONALDDUCK | Character in sailor suit having abandoned land, do nothing about it (6,4) |
| TERRAIN | Prepare Queen to come in to land (7) |
| IMMIGRATE | I start to manoeuvre fighter plane, then charge and come in to land |
| LITTORAL | Came in to land leading to tense examination of the shore (8) |
| BREAKERS | No doubt they do cause damage coming in to land (8) |
| NOMAD | Lead-in to "land" in a hit 2020 film |
| LOOMPA | Lead-in to "land" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| ENWRAP | Writer comes back over raw substitute to go all the way around (6) |
| NEPTUNE | Writer comes back with melody ___ it's in "The Planets" (7) |
| ASPEN | Mid-season, writer comes to ski resort |
