| UPTHEANTE | Finished next, penning a note to increase demands |
| DOT | In music, the symbol placed after a note to increase its time value by a half |
| TORTOISE | Winner who finished next to last, in fable |
| MISO | I'm going west having finished next to average eastern dish (4,4) |
| ATANEND | A nurse penning a note is finished (2,2,3) |
| FANBELT | Penning a note, touched part of car (3,4) |
| RARER | Bishop penning a note that's less well done (5) |
| PAPERBACKWRITER | In his just published book, "The Lyrics," Paul McCartney offers details about 154 of his songs; early on he wanted to be a novelist, and for this hit imagined penning "a letter to the publishing compa |
| HARDYANNUAL | Wessex writer to cancel penning a regular feature (5,6) |
| PERSONALAD | A pair of boys penning a brief newspaper item |
| CAPILLARITY | Ability to draw, showing lucidness penning a raised cheek |
| TIAMARIA | Tiny boy penning a song for a drink (3,5) |
| DEATHINVENICE | Bones to cover still, penning a fine book (5,2,6) |
| GOATEED | Revered figure, penning a letter, with a small beard (7) |
| STASIMON | Zealous apostle penning a choral song (8) |
| DITTANY | Plant penning a new song (7) |
| MAISONNETTES | They accommodate friends penning a single poem (12) |
| PLAY | Work at penning a dramatic piece (4) |
| ALAMO | American penning a line about old mission building (5) |
| JACOB | One who showed patience penning a hundred sheep |
