| AURELIUS | Marcus - - -, Roman Emperor 161-180 AD, known for his writings on how a Stoic should live (8) |
| NERO | Roman emperor (54-68 AD) known for his cruelty (4) |
| GRAFFITI | See 19D. His writing's on the wall (8,6) |
| FILIPINO | Nationality of Jose Rizal, born in 1861 and noted for his writing and scholarship (8) |
| PENN | English Quaker imprisoned for his writings in 1668 (4) |
| ARTIST | See 1D. His writing's on the wall (8,6) |
| MARCUSAURELIUS | Roman Emperor 161-180, who propounded his Stoic view of life (6,8) |
| MARCUS | Roman Emperor 161-180, who propounded his Stoic view of life (6,8) |
| SCRAWLER | Hard to read his writing for society contacting little one getting around on own steam (8) |
| PALATIAL | Splendid friend, regularly a stoic ally (8) |
| SATIRIST | Does his writing create a stir at first? (8) |
| COMPOSER | He does his writing in bars (8) |
| EPITOMES | Typical examples of sanctimonious writings on MDMA (8) |
| CORPUSES | Writings on specific subjects soldier demolishing exam exploits (8) |
| SAMSMITH | Nonbinary singer who won an Oscar for the Bond theme Writing's on the Wall: 2 wds. |
| GRAFFITO | Try to squeeze tariff, otherwise the writing's on the wall (8) |
| HOUSE | *"No _ should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and _ should live together |
| EDIT | Prepare a book on how a tide will turn (4) |
| EFFECT | Butterfly -; chaos theory concept based on how a small change can alter the outcome of an event or the weather (6) |
| TONI | Morrison who wrote, "No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind" |
