| CRITERIA | Author, not the first, trapped by agency standards |
| RESISTED | Fought back at first, trapped by the tangled reeds (8) |
| CABIN | Bishop is at first trapped in toilet in passenger section of plane; ... |
| RATCHET | Mechanical device used by fantasy author, not the first or the last |
| ENAMELLER | US author not the first to entertain celebrity artist |
| RECITER | One storytelling author, not the first to hold church up |
| TRIREME | Before me, writer's not the first to amend galley |
| ORGANIST | Musician at first was backed by agency (8) |
| CINEMA | Films supplied by agency about soldiers in revolution (6) |
| CAMBODIA | American guy employed by agency in country out east |
| CASSIA | Plant with dope taken in by agency (6) |
| CONTEMPT | Disdain shown by agency worker after working in court |
| AEROBIC | Type of exercise drill welcomed by agency in retrospect |
| PERPRO | Right to switch components by agency (3,3) |
| OPPOSE | Not favour work by ancient author, not started, picked up |
| PREPOSTEROUS | English announcement welcomed by French author, not entirely absurd |
| POROUS | Love inspired by French author, not entirely penetrable |
| LORELEI | Role played by Italian author, not very alluring figure (7) |
| AIMLESS | Article by the writer's not so lacking in purpose |
| ANTONYM | Author's not upset by article's reason for insanity? (7) |
