| PENSION | Writers at home having nothing but an allowance (7) |
| DIMINISHED | Belittled and frustrated, the writer's at home in this |
| ALLEGRO | Brisk run's broken into having nothing but self-confidence? |
| FISHROE | Search about, having nothing but a delicacy (4,3) |
| DESERTION | Leaving wasteland at home, having nothing (9) |
| OINKING | Order something for writer at home with legend talking to Miss Piggy perhaps (7) |
| EXPENSE | Old writers, at the end, had to deal with a surcharge (7) |
| THIMBLE | Writer's at heart of Dublin probing the sewer's cover (7) |
| INCITED | Driven at home, having vision, they say (7) |
| INSIPID | At home having a drink? I would find that boring (7) |
| PINBALL | Quietly at home, having fun in game (7) |
| INCLUDE | Contain at home, having clued "Bringing up the rear" (7) |
| TROLLOP | Woman who's easy to mistake for author at audition? |
| ABASHED | Embarrassed leading author at lavish event with editor |
| LYINGIN | Dishonest at home, having a late start (5,2) |
| WILLING | Welsh wicked at home, having good game |
| ITERATE | Writer at ease introduces repeat (7) |
| INSULAR | Provincial name of Iberian war avoided by writer at first (7) |
| TRAMMEL | Catch the writer at the end of tram line (7) |
| APPAREL | Writer at opera getting therein inspiration (5) |
