| ESSAYIST | Writer, for example, infiltrating suspect sites (8) |
| WORDSMITH | Dictionary writer, for example |
| POET | Sonnet writer for example |
| ESSAY | Zadie Smith's "Dance Lessons for Writers," for example |
| POETS | Sonnet writers, for example |
| DEBUTNOVELS | First big releases by writers, for example: 2 wds. |
| DESCRIBE | Paint a picture of retiring writer for old writer (8) |
| EDIFYING | Give moral instruction to writer, for your information, assembling gin cocktail (8) |
| RESIDUAL | Royalty paid to a performer or writer for a repeat showing (8) |
| CARNEGIE | ____ Medal, annual award begun in 1936 for writers for children and young adults (8) |
| OPENEYES | Wake up old writer for views (4,4) |
| MACNEICE | Louis ---, Ir. poet/writer for radio |
| CHECKOFF | Put a tick against Russian writer for the audience (5,3) |
| SATIRIST | Writer for the 63- Across |
| BENELTON | Writer for The Young Ones and Blackadder (3,5) |
| LIZLEMON | Creator/writer for the faux TV programs "The Girlie Show" and "TGS With Tracy Jordan" |
| MEETING | Interview the author, for example, about money (7) |
| SNL | Show for which Tina Fey was once head writer, for short |
| SPIKEMILLIGAN | Comedy great and chief writer for radio's The Goons (5,8) |
| VED | Indian author ___ Mehta, a staff writer for The New Yorker for more than 30 years |
