| IMPENITENT | So I am a writer with one canvas home, and unrepentant (10) |
| AUTHORITARIAN | Writer with one sailor gets in, capturing a harsh ruler (13) |
| OBDURATE | Obstinate and unrepentant (8) |
| INKED | Covered with tattoos, wearing just one canvas sneaker? (5) |
| SAIL | Embark on voyage short one canvas? (4,4) |
| ENTHUSIASM | Regularly keen, therefore I am full of this, ultimately? (10) |
| PARISTROUT | Pete Dexter novel whose title character is an unrepentant murderer |
| COGITOERGOSUM | I am thinking? So I am - in Latin! |
| RETIRED | In a way I tire and blush but then, I am withdrawn! (7) |
| DIAMETER | A straight line, so I am kept in check (8) |
| PENINSULA | Cape a writer with a narrow outlook trimmed |
| PENCHANT | Habitual liking for a writer with a repeated rhythmic phrase (8) |
| RETENTIVE | Able to remember about canvas home I've put together (9) |
| GOLDENCASKET | In 2.7, the first suitor must choose a casket. Portia has told him: "One of them contains my picture, prince. If you choose that, then I am yours withal." Which casket does he choose? |
| MAFIOSI | Criminals? If so, I am in trouble (7) |
| MISO | So, I am quickly preparing some soup base (4) |
| IMPRESSED | ...so, I am briefly forced to say awestruck. (9) |
| NIBLICK | Bit of a writer with taste for old club (7) |
| SERPENT | Ready to run into a writer with an old instrument (7) |
| TENTACLED | Canvas home according to the French first directive has appendages (9) |
