| BIC | Big name in writing and lighting |
| PENTEL | Big name in writing implements |
| SIGNATORIES | Those that have given their names in writing to a legal document (11) |
| RECORD | From "learn by heart, summon to mind, commit to memory", word for a chronicle, log or other account of facts in writing and one from which a fipple flute derives its name, in the sense "practise a tun |
| SWORDPLAY | Special tricks in writing -- and what they outperform? (9) |
| COLON | Mark in writing and pass on (5) |
| PENCIL | Graphite used in writing and drawing |
| ASTERISK | A figure of a star used in writing and printing, often to indicate omission of words or letters (8) |
| ACETYLENE | Colourless hydrocarbon gas used in welding and lighting (9) |
| COALGAS | Mixture of vapours produced by distillation and used for heating and lighting (4,3) |
| HANDYMAN | Andy Murray takes lead in triumphant Wimbledon final, as he's good on service and lighting up the arena, for instance (8) |
| OVERHEADS | Heating and lighting, say, above school's entrance (9) |
| TURNERESQUE | Like landscape paintings that focus more on color and lighting than fine detail |
| OPERATE | Work the sound and lighting for the musical tempo key (7) |
| DERRIDA | Exponent of deconstructionism who taught philosophy at the Sorbonne and wrote Of Grammatology and Writing and Difference (7) |
| FILIPINO | Nationality of Jose Rizal, born in 1861 and noted for his writing and scholarship (8) |
| STUDIO | Boss writing and reading files in workplace (6) |
| FARSI | Footballers admit writing and finishing biographies in foreign language (5) |
| SUBEDIT | Check the writing and the plot, in case (7) |
| PAPER | Substance in thin sheets used for writing and drawing |
