| VOCABULARIES | Is talkative about supporting film from Universal - it's a sign the writers will look for inspiratio |
| BADMANAGEMENT | One of those downstairs takes mature workers by car - it's a sign the directors are poor! (3,10) |
| AISLE | Passage the author will read aloud |
| TAKEN | 2008 movie with the line: "...but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you" |
| ANCHORS | Writers will have no charge for Latin as they read the news (7) |
| MARKONESCARD | Told to mind yourself as this is what sign writers will do to your vehicle with key? (4,3'1,4) |
| HOUSEFORSALE | Those desiring a new occupation will look for it |
| SEEK | Said religious adherent will look for it |
| ONPAPER | Where writers will write: 2 wds. |
| VERBOSE | Talkative about robes after victory (7) |
| CHATTIER | More talkative about that awful rice pudding (8) |
| SHERRY | Is not very talkative about blunder by one of those in 3 down (6) |
| INKBLOT | Link adaptation about supporting film to good books - that's a test of the personality (7) |
| CATHOLICON | From "universal", a word for a cure-all, elixir or panacea; or, a comprehensive work, such as an encyclopaedic dictionary or the early Summa Grammaticalis (10) |
| ETHOS | Note about supporting film character |
| SCORPIONGRASS | A sign the informer is a plant |
| BLUEFLAG | Dirty sink is a sign the coast is clear |
| CYANOSIS | Bluish discolouration of the skin, a sign the blood needs oxygen (8) |
| SIGNETS | There's a sign the little alien's captured the small seals (7) |
| ALIBI | The greatest supporting film unit provides reason why The Suspect is released (5) |
