| HUMBOLDT | Wilhelm von ___, Enlightenment thinker known for writing The Limits of State Action (8) |
| ANNERICE | American author best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles (4,4) |
| PAINE | Thomas ___, enlightenment thinker and author of Common Sense (1776) (5) |
| SCHLEGEL | August Wilhelm von ___, leader of German Romanticism |
| FREUD | Influential thinker known for his ego? |
| LEIBNIZ | Gottfried Wilhelm von ___, German mathematician and philosopher who developed calculus independently of Isaac Newton |
| MILL | John Stuart ___, enlightenment icon |
| KANT | Immanuel ___, Enlightenment philosopher (4) |
| DRAFTING | Writing the initial version of a document to be improved later (8) |
| NOTATION | Mode of writing the nation has to back (8) |
| KARLMARX | German philosopher famous for co-writing The Communist Manifesto (4,4) |
| COMPOSER | Person writing the music for a musical |
| PENT | What's used for writing the first of the texts enclosed (4) |
| HERODOTUS | Greek contemporary of Socrates who is remembered for writing The Histories (9) |
| SENSE | ___ And Sensibility, film starring 6D for which she also won an Oscar for writing the screenplay (5) |
| ODIEBLACKMON | Grammy nominee for writing the Lee Ann Womack hit 'I May Hate Myself in the Morning' |
| WAGNER | Which composer was known for writing both the libretto and music for his operas? (6) |
| HUGO | French novelist who, in order to prevent outings or procrastination thus forcing him to meet his deadline for writing The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, instructed that his clothes be hidden by his valet (4 |
| NEIL | Simon who won a Tony for writing "The Odd Couple" |
| DANTE | An Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy (5) |
