| ATTRIBUTION | The ascribing of a particular work to an author or artist |
| ROYALTY | The power or status of a Regina or a Rex; members of said sovereigns' families collectively; a queen bee; or, a payment to an author or inventor (7) |
| RIGHTS | The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc. (6) |
| ROYALTIES | Percentages of sales paid to an author or musician (9) |
| INSTITUTE | An organisation founded for particular work, especially research or education (9) |
| PARODY | A humorous imitation of the work a particular writer or artist; lampoon (6) |
| OEUVRE | What is the total body of work of a writer or artist? (6) |
| VIRTUOSO | From Italian for "learned, skilful", a musician or artist of consummate technical ability; a connoisseur or dilettante of antiquities, art or curios; or, a dazzling master, prodigy, supremo or whizz i |
| OPUS | Magnum _, the most important piece of work done by a writer or artist (4) |
| CENTO | From "patchwork garment", a type of literary collage or mosaic consisting of a poem/writing made up of scraps or verses from other authors; or, a string of commonplace quotations (5) |
| PSEUDONYM | From "false name", word for an alias or nom de plume assumed by an author or other incognito (9) |
| FREELANCE | To be self-employed, especially as a writer or artist who is hired to do specific assignments (9) |
| FREELANCER | A self-employed person, especially a writer or artist (10) |
| PASTICHE | An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work or artist (8) |
| YAHWIST | The conjectured author or authors of the earliest of four main sources of which the Pentateuch is composed |
| PENCILSHARPENER | Tool for a writer or artist (6-9) |
| TWAIN | An author or two (5) |
| POETICLICENCE | Creative freedom for writer or artist (6,7) |
| SLOGAN | What the advertisement says is "Work to an end" (6) |
| VMA | Annual cable channel prize for Song of the Year or Artist of the Year, in brief |
