| DRIL | Twitter absurdist who wrote "it is with a heavy heart that I must announce that the celebs are at it again" |
| DECLARE | Announce that the editor returns to clear it out (7) |
| GRACEPALEY | Author and activist who wrote, "It is the poet's responsibility to learn the truth from the powerless" |
| VOLTAIRE | Philosopher who wrote "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere" |
| ONE | People are at it when agreeable (3) |
| LARGE | Big successful escapees are at it (5) |
| TICKET | When you are at it, you have three to keep intact and score between (6) |
| ANON | Soon, or immediately who wrote it is not known (4) |
| BEE | "I could her the dull buzz of the ...; In the blossoms as you said to me; 'With a heart that is true; I'll be waiting for you; In the shade of the old apple tree" |
| ONLY | "It is ___ with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." -The Little Prince |
| IMPOSE | I'm of the attitude that I must set it as a task for you |
| NERD | "You're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a ___. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won't be true. It'll be because you're an assho |
| SEANLONG | Attack coach who left Harlequins with a "heavy heart" last October (4,4) |
| POE | Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..." |
| REGISTERS | It is with regrets that we are shown the lists (9) |
| THORE | He wrote "It is life near the bone where it is sweetest" |
| ATSEA | Sailing east, perhaps, with a heavy heart (2,3) |
| ADORABLE | Dear old bear dancing with a heavy heart (8) |
| SADLY | With a heavy heart |
| YEAR | "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson (4) |
