| Compose | New York Times | 15 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Use a pen (5) | Mirror Classic | 29 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Use a pen | Puzzler Backwords | 19 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Correct sound to correspond (5) | Mirror Cryptic | 25 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Compose (5) | Mirror Quick | 25 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Use a pen (5) | Mirror Classic | 03 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Correct sound to correspond (5) | Mirror Cryptic | 24 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Compose (5) | Mirror Quick | 24 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Record with ceremony (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds OK to put as an inscription (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Produce script for waterfront ceremony (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Compose a letter | Commuter | 01 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | What I do right, you might say (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Use a pen, say, or a word that starts with a silent "W" |  |  | 
          
            | Set down in a letter | Mirror Tea Time | 20 May 2025 | 
          
            | Dash off | LA Times Daily | 17 May 2025 | 
          
            | Author's claim must be heard (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Claim verbally to be an author (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Use a pen | Puzzler Backwords | 22 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | "Keep in touch, OK?" you say (5) |  |  | 
          
            | What scribes do |  |  | 
          
            | Correspond to the right sound (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Rave over, metaphorically | New York Times | 26 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Sounding OK when you put it on paper (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Mark on paper with a pen | Mirror Classic | 10 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Put down as a Western ceremony (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Put down a summons with one direction (5) |  |  | 
          
            | To make a record accurate, we hear (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Said "OK, be a journalist" (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Do a novelist's job | New York Times Mini | 04 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | What literary people do sounds correct (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Put a theme together, say |  |  | 
          
            | Compose a" a song, eg (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Correct sound to correspond | Mirror Cryptic | 26 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Compose | Mirror Quick | 26 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Form letters? | New York Times | 21 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Record fair announced | The Telegraph Toughie | 20 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Compose in the correct way, say (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Record Welsh ceremony |  |  | 
          
            | Use a pen | Mirror Classic | 31 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Make a record of western ceremony (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Put down what sounds right (5) |  |  | 
          
            | You have to do this many times to do it once (5,1,6) |  |  | 
          
            | Work on an email | Newsday | 29 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | We hear it's correct to take to authorship (9) |  |  | 
          
            | "Don't rely on memory, OK?" you say (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Western ceremony to commit to paper (5) |  |  | 
          
            | ____ off, destroy | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 13 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Redress verbally or put it on paper (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Said "OK. Get it on paper" (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Mark paper or other surface with symbols? |  |  | 
          
            | Use a pen | Mirror Classic | 23 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Silently put into words (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Use a pen | Mirror Classic | 09 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Elvis Costello's "Everyday I ___ the Book" |  |  | 
          
            | Do some character-building? | LA Times Daily | 05 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Be author of western ceremony (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Used cursive. maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Put words on paper (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Use a pen, say, or a word that starts with a silent "W" |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Compose letters |  |  | 
          
            | How a Westerner might tire by using a pen |  |  | 
          
            | Compose a letter | Universal | 06 May 2024 | 
          
            | Put down what is correct, we hear (5) |  |  | 
          
            | To pen (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Put down in black and white |  |  | 
          
            | Set down | New York Times | 26 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Inscribe court order on 4th June (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper | Commuter | 09 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Put pen to paper | Universal | 20 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Said "0K, be a journalist!" (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Produce a book |  |  | 
          
            | Compose | Mirror Quick | 02 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Sounds correct to correspond | Mirror Cryptic | 02 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Put pen to paper, compose a story (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Make a record properly, by the sound of it (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Spoke of spot on pen (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 10 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Jot down | Newsday | 04 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Said "OK. Get in touch with" (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Saying OK, dash off (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Use a pen | Mirror Classic | 07 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Work on some paper (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Compose an email | Newsday | 29 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Emulate Agatha Christie, say |  |  | 
          
            | See 17 Across | Newsday | 07 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Use a pen or a pencil, say |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper | LA Times Daily | 17 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Inscribe | The Telegraph Quick | 18 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Compose, as prose | Newsday | 12 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Use a pen and paper, say |  |  | 
          
            | Form letters? | Wall Street Journal | 26 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Put down | New York Times | 22 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Compose beginning of wedding ceremony | The Times Cryptic | 13 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Decree reportedly correct |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper | USA Today | 05 May 2022 | 
          
            | Draft a diary entry |  |  | 
          
            | Put on paper | Universal | 14 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Be the author of | Premier Sunday | 07 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Put pen to paper, say |  |  | 
          
            | Compose, as prose | Newsday | 22 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Set down | The Times Concise | 13 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Do novel work | The Washington Post | 26 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Do novel work | LA Times Daily | 26 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Drop a line to | Newsday | 16 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Dash off, say | Wall Street Journal | 04 May 2021 | 
          
            | Put pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Do an author's job, say |  |  | 
          
            | Compose | The Telegraph Quick | 07 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Jot down | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Inscribe | The Telegraph Quick | 14 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Put pen to paper with ceremony |  |  | 
          
            | Compose; use a pen | The Times Concise | 21 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Compose | Universal | 11 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Use a pen, say |  |  | 
          
            | Compose an email | Newsday | 29 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Compose; correspond | The Telegraph Quick | 27 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Work on a 106 Down | Newsday | 15 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Pen | The Washington Post | 07 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Pen | LA Times Daily | 07 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Make a play? | Family Time | 19 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Make a scene? | The Washington Post Sunday | 03 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Scribble on a piece of paper |  |  | 
          
            | To be an author is correct it's said | The Sun Two Speed | 16 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Inscribe | The Sun Two Speed | 16 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Compose a letter | Newsday | 29 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | . Pen with custom |  |  | 
          
            | Draft | New York Times | 07 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Draft |  |  | 
          
            | Act on a novel idea? | USA Today | 15 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Jot some lines | Universal | 05 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Compose tweets, say | Newsday | 02 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Emulate Dan Brown, say |  |  | 
          
            | Compose tweets, say | USA Today | 18 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Jot down | Wall Street Journal | 16 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Begin another chapter, e.g | The Washington Post | 19 May 2018 | 
          
            | Begin another chapter, e.g | LA Times Daily | 19 May 2018 | 
          
            | Use cursive | Universal | 19 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Begin another chapter, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Use cursive |  |  | 
          
            | Jot down |  |  | 
          
            | Compose tweets, say |  |  | 
          
            | Jot some lines |  |  | 
          
            | Act on a novel idea? |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper | The Washington Post | 11 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Put pen to paper | LA Times Daily | 11 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Pen | Wall Street Journal | 15 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Produce chapter and verse? | The Washington Post | 27 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Produce chapter and verse? | LA Times Daily | 27 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Form letters? | Wall Street Journal | 18 May 2017 | 
          
            | Compose, as music | USA Today | 26 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Be an author | Universal | 01 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Jot down | USA Today | 15 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Compose, as prose | Newsday | 22 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Be an author |  |  | 
          
            | Compose, as music |  |  | 
          
            | Produce chapter and verse? |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Pen | The Telegraph Quick | 26 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Compose (a text) | The Times Concise | 01 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Work on a novel | LA Times Daily | 26 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Emulate 5-Down | USA Today | 04 May 2016 | 
          
            | Emulate 5-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Work on a novel |  |  | 
          
            | 'Don't forget to ___' | New York Times | 29 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Put down on paper | Wall Street Journal | 28 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | To correspond is utterly correct | The Sun Two Speed | 22 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Be an author | The Sun Two Speed | 22 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Pen | New York Times | 27 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Compose (music) | The Times Concise | 10 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Tell stories, in a way | LA Times Daily | 06 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Blog, say | LA Times Daily | 26 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Jot | The Telegraph Quick | 05 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Compose, as a letter | USA Today | 16 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Pen |  |  | 
          
            | Tell stories, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Blog, say |  |  | 
          
            | "Don't forget to ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Form letters? |  |  | 
          
            | Billy Williams "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and ___ Myself a Letter" |  |  | 
          
            | Compose, as a letter |  |  | 
          
            | Put down on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Fire off a letter |  |  | 
          
            | Pen |  |  | 
          
            | Keep in touch, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Compose |  |  | 
          
            | Put to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Sound correct – it's what an author must do |  |  | 
          
            | Compose |  |  | 
          
            | Communicate by letter |  |  | 
          
            | Drop a line |  |  | 
          
            | Drop a line to |  |  | 
          
            | Take pen in hand |  |  | 
          
            | Work on a mystery, say |  |  | 
          
            | Compose |  |  | 
          
            | Form letters |  |  | 
          
            | Work on a script |  |  | 
          
            | Draft |  |  | 
          
            | Put down |  |  | 
          
            | Drop a line |  |  | 
          
            | Compose, as a letter |  |  | 
          
            | Pound the keys, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Put down |  |  | 
          
            | Drop a line |  |  | 
          
            | Jot (down) |  |  | 
          
            | Put to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Pen |  |  | 
          
            | Order to someone moving away |  |  | 
          
            | Do lines? |  |  | 
          
            | Compose a letter |  |  | 
          
            | Correspondent's request |  |  | 
          
            | Correspondent's request |  |  | 
          
            | Make a play? |  |  | 
          
            | Correspond |  |  | 
          
            | Jot down |  |  | 
          
            | "Keep in touch" |  |  | 
          
            | Dash off |  |  | 
          
            | Correspond |  |  | 
          
            | Parting request |  |  | 
          
            | Pen |  |  | 
          
            | Put on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Correspond |  |  | 
          
            | Compose |  |  | 
          
            | Author |  |  | 
          
            | Parting request |  |  | 
          
            | Keep in touch |  |  | 
          
            | Compose prose |  |  | 
          
            | Parting request |  |  | 
          
            | Parting request |  |  | 
          
            | Communicate by letter |  |  | 
          
            | Produce plays, say |  |  | 
          
            | Jot down |  |  | 
          
            | Keep in touch |  |  | 
          
            | Keep in touch, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Correspond with |  |  | 
          
            | Correspond with |  |  | 
          
            | Correspond with |  |  | 
          
            | Make tracts |  |  | 
          
            | Use a pen |  |  | 
          
            | Pen |  |  | 
          
            | Create copy |  |  | 
          
            | Take down |  |  | 
          
            | Jot down |  |  | 
          
            | Draft |  |  | 
          
            | Jot down |  |  | 
          
            | Sell stock options |  |  | 
          
            | Work on a magazine article |  |  | 
          
            | Set pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Going-away request |  |  | 
          
            | Work on a letter |  |  | 
          
            | Pen |  |  | 
          
            | Compose, as an essay |  |  | 
          
            | Exhortation from home |  |  | 
          
            | Create 29-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Pen |  |  | 
          
            | "Don't forget to __!" |  |  | 
          
            | Dash off |  |  | 
          
            | Compose prose |  |  | 
          
            | Alternative to call |  |  | 
          
            | Long-distance request |  |  | 
          
            | Decide to forget, with "off" |  |  | 
          
            | Pen |  |  | 
          
            | Jot  with down |  |  | 
          
            | Drop a line |  |  | 
          
            | Put on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Sign on the dotted line |  |  | 
          
            | Correspondent's request |  |  | 
          
            | Be a pen pal |  |  | 
          
            | Compose prose |  |  | 
          
            | Order to someone moving away |  |  | 
          
            | Pen |  |  | 
          
            | Exhortation from home |  |  | 
          
            | Set down |  |  | 
          
            | Compose prose |  |  | 
          
            | Plea to a departing one |  |  | 
          
            | Take pen in hand |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Styron |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Rice or Oates |  |  | 
          
            | Keep in touch |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Bellow |  |  | 
          
            | ___-in vote |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Oates or Rice |  |  | 
          
            | "I ___ the Songs" |  |  | 
          
            | Record |  |  | 
          
            | Scriven |  |  | 
          
            | Be an author |  |  | 
          
            | Do a creative job |  |  | 
          
            | Answer a letter |  |  | 
          
            | Do some Picayune work |  |  | 
          
            | Make plays? |  |  | 
          
            | Cancel (with "off"). |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Inscribe. |  |  | 
          
            | Required ability for naturalization. |  |  | 
          
            | Compose. |  |  | 
          
            | Put down. |  |  | 
          
            | Pen. |  |  | 
          
            | Correspond. |  |  | 
          
            | Draw up or draft. |  |  |