| Used a pencil |
Commuter |
02 Jan 2026 |
| 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 |
|
|
| Took (down) |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2024 |
| "Murder, She ___," ('80s crime-drama series) |
|
|
| 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 |
| Wife with mechanical routine got down |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Penned |
Eugene Sheffer |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Composed tweets, say |
The Washington Post |
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 __' |
The Washington Post |
01 Jun 2020 |
| "Murder, She __" |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Crafted a manuscript |
|
|
| Kept in touch, in a way |
|
|
| Scribbled or scrawled |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Became an author |
Family Time |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Prepared briefs, say |
The Washington Post Sunday |
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 |
| Dashed off, say |
|
|
| Did a ghost's work, maybe |
|
|
| Corresponded with |
|
|
| Was an author |
|
|
| Scripted or penned |
|
|
| Jotted down |
|
|
| 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 |
| Authored |
|
|
| Worked on an essay or novel |
|
|
| 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 |
| Scripted |
|
|
| Composed, as an email |
|
|
| Composed, as a letter |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Put on paper |
|
|
| Authored |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Composed an email |
|
|
| Composed, as an email |
|
|
| Created, in a way |
|
|
| Put on the sheets? |
|
|
| Authored |
|
|
| What Petty did about L.A. riots |
|
|
| Put on paper |
|
|
| Put on paper |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Dropped a line |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Kept in touch |
|
|
| Authored |
|
|
| Scribbled, say |
|
|
| Kept in touch |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Put pen to paper |
|
|
| Dropped a line |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Put pen to paper |
|
|
| Composed, as a letter |
|
|
| Put pen to paper |
|
|
| "That's all she ___" |
|
|
| Authored |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Authored |
|
|
| Dropped a line to |
|
|
| Practiced penmanship |
|
|
| Drafted |
|
|
| Decided on a sentence, perhaps |
|
|
| Put down on paper |
|
|
| Emulated Anne Rice |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Put down on paper |
|
|
| Took down |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Dashed off (h,h) |
|
|
| Dashed off (h,h) |
|
|
| Set down |
|
|
| Composed prose |
|
|
| Practiced calligraphy |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Used a pencil |
|
|
| Kept in touch, in a way |
|
|
| Put on paper |
|
|
| Drafted |
|
|
| Practiced penmanship |
|
|
| Put pen to paper |
|
|
| Put down |
|
|
| Dashed off |
|
|
| Expressed in writing |
|
|
| Dashed off, as a note |
|
|
| Dropped a line |
|
|
| Scribbled on paper |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Expressed with a pen |
|
|
| Took down |
|
|
| Set down |
|
|
| Put on paper |
|
|
| Dashed off |
|
|
| Emulated Emerson |
|
|
| Created, as a play |
|
|
| Set down |
|
|
| Composed a letter |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Corresponded |
|
|
| Emulated a novelist |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Put down |
|
|
| Drafted |
|
|
| Took down |
|
|
| Took down |
|
|
| Dropped a line |
|
|
| Corresponded with |
|
|
| Corresponded with |
|
|
| Dashed off |
|
|
| Dropped a line to |
|
|
| Inscribed |
|
|
| Authored |
|
|
| Was a pen pal |
|
|
| Composed, in a way |
|
|
| Inscribed |
|
|
| Kept in touch, perhaps |
|
|
| Penned |
|
|
| Indited |
|
|
| Jotted |
|
|
| Dashed off perhaps |
|
|
| Became an author |
|
|
| Dropped a line |
|
|
| Put down weight, something we can learn by |
|
|
| What Jessica Fletcher did |
|
|
| Emulated Anne Rice |
|
|
| Corresponded |
|
|
| E-mailed, e.g. |
|
|
| "That's all she ___" |
|
|
| Set down |
|
|
| Dropped a line |
|
|
| Inscribed |
|
|
| Kept in touch, in a way |
|
|
| That's all she ____ |
|
|
| Dashed off |
|
|
| Corresponded |
|
|
| Took pen in hand |
|
|
| Indited |
|
|
| Inscribed |
|
|
| Sand did this |
|
|
| Emulated Rice or Oates |
|
|
| Composed a billet-doux |
|
|
| What Trollope did |
|
|
| Communicated with |
|
|
| Did literary work |
|
|
| Shed ink |
|
|
| Indited. |
|
|
| ___ off (canceled). |
|
|
| Scribbled. |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Scribbled |
|
|
| Composed. |
|
|
| Superscribed. |
|
|
| Dropped a line. |
|
|
| Authored. |
|
|
| Penned. |
|
|
| Inscribed. |
|
|
| Took notes. |
|
|
| Emulated Emerson. |
|
|
| Made a record of. |
|
|