| INDITES | Writes novel inside, taking time (7) |
| USHERING | The woman inside taking advantage of theatre work (8) |
| ONCLOUDNINE | Happy individual bounds off, concluding novel inside (2,5,4) |
| SHREDDING | Destroying documents, run inside, taking off (9) |
| AMIS | Martin, English writer who published the autobiographical novel Inside Story in 2020 (4) |
| TWISTER | Write novel about good man becoming a swindler (7) |
| WISTERIA | Climber writes novel about one ascent primarily (8) |
| TWOTIMERS | Tom writes novel, cheats (3-6) |
| ANNE | Rice who writes novels about vampires |
| WINTER | Write novel about northern cold season (6) |
| AUTHOR | Which person writes novels, poems, essays, etc (6) |
| COLLAGE | Scottish island taking time to show work of art (7) |
| STORAGE | Men on street taking time to find safe accommodation (7) |
| COURAGE | About outrage: taking time off to heart (7) |
| ITCHING | Method of divination, taking time, causes irritation (7) |
| HARBOUR | Bar members taking time out for shelter (7) |
| INSTANT | Second popular man taking time (7) |
| LINEAGE | Descent using rope, perhaps, taking time (7) |
| ISRAELI | National realist adjusted, taking time out for one (7) |
| CHATTER | Group of canons taking time for quiet gossip (7) |
