| Composed (a letter, eg) | The Times Concise | 29 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Jotted down | Newsday | 28 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Composed wife tore off (5) | Mirror Cryptic | 11 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Corresponded (5) | Mirror Quick | 11 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Penned a poem | USA Today | 06 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Practiced calligraphy, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Sent a letter to | Commuter | 19 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Penned: - a letter |  |  | 
          
            | Scrawled |  |  | 
          
            | Jotted down the last few by heart (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Kept in touch with, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | "Full of nonsense," we said in the letter (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Penned | Thomas Joseph | 25 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Murder, She _ US crime drama series from 1984 to 1996 (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Worked on a play, say |  |  | 
          
            | Worked on a book | USA Today | 01 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Filled up a journal |  |  | 
          
            | Dashed off getting terribly wet. Alternatively, went back inside (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Used one's nibs? | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 21 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Sent an email, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Was a novelist |  |  | 
          
            | Murder, She ____, Angela Lansbury series | The Telegraph Plusword | 17 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Composed a letter | Newsday | 21 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Made words with a pen (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Murder, She ___, 1980s/90s TV series (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Penned a novel | USA Today | 18 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | ...about which put pen to paper (5) |  |  | 
          
            | We swallowed the rubbish as author produced it (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Practiced calligraphy, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | "Murder, She ___," ('80s crime-drama series) |  |  | 
          
            | Took (down) | New York Times | 10 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Journaled, for example |  |  | 
          
            | Composed an email | Newsday | 09 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Composed by repetition, say (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 01 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Composed literature (5) |  |  | 
          
            | "Murder, She -" |  |  | 
          
            | "I ___ for luck, they sent me you", from initially the HappyMondays" "WFL" (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Composed (letter) |  |  | 
          
            | Scribbled | Mirror Tea Time | 23 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | "Murder, She ___" (crime drama TV series) |  |  | 
          
            | Full of nonsense we jotted down (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Crafted a poem | USA Today | 30 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Communicated by letter |  |  | 
          
            | Formed letters and words |  |  | 
          
            | Penned | Thomas Joseph | 02 May 2024 | 
          
            | Penned, we held, nonsense (5) |  |  | 
          
            | "Murder, She ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Formed letters on a surface (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Angela Lansbury TV show, Murder, She ... |  |  | 
          
            | Angela Lansbury show, Murder, She ___-- (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Jotted down |  |  | 
          
            | Composed, penned |  |  | 
          
            | Scribbled | Mirror Tea Time | 05 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Jotted down, say |  |  | 
          
            | What Emily Bronte did with rubbish near the centre of Leeds (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Authored report of strict learning approach |  |  | 
          
            | Composed a story |  |  | 
          
            | Produced works that were nonsense, we held (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Penned | Universal | 23 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Composed a haiku, e.g. | USA Today | 02 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Had a novel job? | Wall Street Journal | 09 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | "Murder, She ___" (crime drama TV series) |  |  | 
          
            | Composed | Newsday | 10 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Took down | New York Times | 10 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Got down on paper | New York Times | 08 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Penned | Universal | 01 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Work on them regularly, as authors did? | The Times Cryptic | 20 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Composed a letter | USA Today | 13 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Jotted down | New York Times | 10 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Penned | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Composed, as an email | Newsday | 27 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Practiced cursive | Family Time | 11 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Penned | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Wife with mechanical routine got down | The Times Cryptic | 05 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | See 10-Down | New York Times | 28 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | "Murder, She ___" (crime drama TV series) |  |  | 
          
            | Kept in touch, perhaps | Newsday | 21 May 2022 | 
          
            | Penned | Universal | 13 May 2022 | 
          
            | Penned | Wall Street Journal | 23 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Jotted down |  |  | 
          
            | Created a poem, e.g | USA Today | 22 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Put down weight, something we can learn by | The Times Cryptic | 19 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Authored | Universal | 13 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Authored | Thomas Joseph | 10 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Jotted down | USA Today | 03 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Put pen to paper | New York Times | 16 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Authored | Thomas Joseph | 15 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Penned | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Authored | USA Today | 17 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Practiced calligraphy |  |  | 
          
            | Composed a letter, say |  |  | 
          
            | Practiced one's penmanship | Family Time | 26 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Penned | Thomas Joseph | 11 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Composed; put pen to paper | The Telegraph Quick | 08 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | What Shakespeare did with Henry the Fourth or the equivalent |  |  | 
          
            | Penned | Universal | 24 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Became an author | Wall Street Journal | 11 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Composed tweets, say | The Washington Post | 10 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Composed tweets, say | LA Times Daily | 10 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Composed some prose | Newsday | 04 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Corresponded | Canadiana | 17 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Jotted (down) | The Washington Post | 03 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Jotted (down) | LA Times Daily | 03 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Composed prose | USA Today | 17 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Scribbled down |  |  | 
          
            | What 28 did with rubbish ultimately futile |  |  | 
          
            | "Murder, She __" | LA Times Daily | 01 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | 'Murder, She __' | The Washington Post | 01 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Put down in words | New York Times | 16 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Rubbish you and I have committed to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Penned a letter, say |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper | New York Times | 11 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Authored | Thomas Joseph | 20 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Dropped a line | USA Today | 18 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Kept in touch, in a way | USA Today | 04 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Put down | The New Yorker | 12 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Scripted or penned |  |  | 
          
            | Composed | New York Times | 24 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Penned | Wall Street Journal | 23 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Crafted a manuscript | USA Today | 18 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Composed |  |  | 
          
            | Crafted a manuscript |  |  | 
          
            | Kept in touch, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Scribbled or scrawled |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Was an author | Universal | 12 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Dashed off, say | New York Times | 17 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | "That's All She ___" (T.I. song featuring Eminem) |  |  | 
          
            | Prepared briefs, say | The Washington Post Sunday | 30 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Became an author | Family Time | 30 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Scripted or penned | Universal | 18 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Week's routine put on paper |  |  | 
          
            | . Recorded: a learning method by speech |  |  | 
          
            | Did a ghost's work, maybe | USA Today | 07 May 2018 | 
          
            | Corresponded with | New York Times | 20 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Authored | Universal | 13 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Jotted down | USA Today | 31 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Composed, as an email | Newsday | 29 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Corresponded with |  |  | 
          
            | Jotted down |  |  | 
          
            | Did a ghost's work, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Dashed off, say |  |  | 
          
            | Was an author |  |  | 
          
            | Scripted or penned |  |  | 
          
            | Scribbled down | Jonesin | 19 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Penned | Newsday | 12 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Penned | Eugene Sheffer | 25 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Jotted down | Wall Street Journal | 22 May 2017 | 
          
            | Made music? | Jonesin | 11 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Composed tweets, say | USA Today | 04 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Composed in Round Tower? | Irish Times Crosaire | 04 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Worked on an essay or novel | New York Times | 20 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Worked on an essay or novel |  |  | 
          
            | Authored |  |  | 
          
            | Drafted | New York Times | 16 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Composed, as a text | Universal | 30 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | "That's all she __" | LA Times Daily | 22 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Drafted |  |  | 
          
            | Composed, as a text |  |  | 
          
            | Composed, as an email | Universal | 28 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Scripted | Universal | 30 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Composed | Universal | 10 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Composed, as a letter | Universal | 05 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Composed |  |  | 
          
            | Composed, as a letter |  |  | 
          
            | Scripted |  |  | 
          
            | Put on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Composed, as an email |  |  | 
          
            | Composed |  |  | 
          
            | Authored |  |  | 
          
            | Put on the sheets? |  |  | 
          
            | Composed an email |  |  | 
          
            | Composed, as an email |  |  | 
          
            | Authored |  |  | 
          
            | Created, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | What Petty did about L.A. riots |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Dropped a line |  |  | 
          
            | Put on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Put on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Kept in touch |  |  | 
          
            | Authored |  |  | 
          
            | Scribbled, say |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Dropped a line |  |  | 
          
            | Kept in touch |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Composed, as a letter |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | "That's all she ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Put down on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Authored |  |  | 
          
            | Authored |  |  | 
          
            | Practiced penmanship |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Drafted |  |  | 
          
            | Decided on a sentence, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Dropped a line to |  |  | 
          
            | Emulated Anne Rice |  |  | 
          
            | Composed |  |  | 
          
            | Took down |  |  | 
          
            | Put down on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Dashed off (h,h) |  |  | 
          
            | Set down |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Composed prose |  |  | 
          
            | Dashed off (h,h) |  |  | 
          
            | Practiced penmanship |  |  | 
          
            | Put pen to paper |  |  | 
          
            | Put on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Practiced calligraphy |  |  | 
          
            | Composed |  |  | 
          
            | Kept in touch, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Composed |  |  | 
          
            | Composed |  |  | 
          
            | Used a pencil |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Drafted |  |  | 
          
            | Dashed off |  |  | 
          
            | Expressed in writing |  |  | 
          
            | Put down |  |  | 
          
            | Dropped a line |  |  | 
          
            | Dashed off, as a note |  |  | 
          
            | Expressed with a pen |  |  | 
          
            | Scribbled on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Took down |  |  | 
          
            | Created, as a play |  |  | 
          
            | Set down |  |  | 
          
            | Emulated Emerson |  |  | 
          
            | Set down |  |  | 
          
            | Dashed off |  |  | 
          
            | Composed a letter |  |  | 
          
            | Put on paper |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Put down |  |  | 
          
            | Took down |  |  | 
          
            | Took down |  |  | 
          
            | Emulated a novelist |  |  | 
          
            | Corresponded |  |  | 
          
            | Composed |  |  | 
          
            | Drafted |  |  | 
          
            | Corresponded with |  |  | 
          
            | Corresponded with |  |  | 
          
            | Dashed off |  |  | 
          
            | Dropped a line |  |  | 
          
            | Dropped a line to |  |  | 
          
            | Inscribed |  |  | 
          
            | Authored |  |  | 
          
            | Indited |  |  | 
          
            | Penned |  |  | 
          
            | Inscribed |  |  | 
          
            | Composed, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Kept in touch, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Was a pen pal |  |  | 
          
            | Emulated Anne Rice |  |  | 
          
            | "That's all she ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Jotted |  |  | 
          
            | Set down |  |  | 
          
            | Dropped a line |  |  | 
          
            | What Jessica Fletcher did |  |  | 
          
            | Dashed off  perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Became an author |  |  | 
          
            | Put down weight, something we can learn by |  |  | 
          
            | E-mailed, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Corresponded |  |  | 
          
            | Inscribed |  |  | 
          
            | Dropped a line |  |  | 
          
            | Kept in touch, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | That's all she ____ |  |  | 
          
            | Dashed off |  |  | 
          
            | Corresponded |  |  | 
          
            | Indited |  |  | 
          
            | Took pen in hand |  |  | 
          
            | Inscribed |  |  | 
          
            | Sand did this |  |  | 
          
            | Emulated Rice or Oates |  |  | 
          
            | Composed a billet-doux |  |  | 
          
            | What Trollope did |  |  | 
          
            | Did literary work |  |  | 
          
            | Communicated with |  |  | 
          
            | Shed ink |  |  | 
          
            | Indited. |  |  | 
          
            | Took notes. |  |  | 
          
            | Scribbled. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ off (canceled). |  |  | 
          
            | Made a record of. |  |  | 
          
            | Emulated Emerson. |  |  | 
          
            | Scribbled |  |  | 
          
            | Composed |  |  | 
          
            | Superscribed. |  |  | 
          
            | Dropped a line. |  |  | 
          
            | Authored. |  |  | 
          
            | Penned. |  |  | 
          
            | Inscribed. |  |  | 
          
            | Composed. |  |  |