| Writers for old literary magazines | 34 |
| Writers for old literary columns | 32 |
| Writer/director known for his coming-of-age films | 49 |
| Writer/critic/screenwriter James | 32 |
| Writer-to-editor initial contact | 32 |
| Writer-biochemistry professor: 1920-92 | 38 |
| Writer, director and co-star of the Madea films | 47 |
| Writer's plot-progression query | 35 |
| Writer's honorary degree, often (abbr.) | 43 |
| Writer's block à la Cole Porter? | 39 |
| Writer's best friend, you'd think | 41 |
| Writer's best friend, one would think | 41 |
| Writer with the most Oscar nominations | 38 |
| Writer with an award named for him | 34 |
| Writer with an award named after him | 36 |
| Writer with a Pulitzer and an Oscar | 35 |
| Writer Willy who popularized spaceflight | 40 |
| Writer William, Stephen or Laura | 32 |
| Writer William Gilmore ___: 1806–70 | 42 |
| Writer Wilkinson of The New Yorker | 34 |
| Writer whose work describes him to a T | 38 |
| Writer whose pen name was Jeremy Lord | 37 |
| Writer who's in the minority | 32 |
| Writer who's always seeing things? | 38 |
| Writer who popularized limericks | 32 |
| Writer who inspired "Aïda" | 39 |
| Writer who held 14 honorary doctorates | 38 |
| Writer who had H.G. Wells for a schoolteacher | 45 |
| Writer who doesn't need an agent | 36 |
| Writer who died about an hour before JFK did | 44 |
| Writer who created the writer Gideon Zadok | 42 |
| Writer who created the character Vivian Darkbloom | 49 |
| Writer who coined the word "robot" | 44 |
| Writer who coined the word "nerd" | 43 |
| Writer who coined the word "booboisie" | 48 |
| Writer who coined "robot" | 35 |
| Writer who co-founded Random House | 34 |
| Writer who aptly died in the month of March | 43 |
| Writer Tarbell and actress Lupino | 33 |
| Writer Singer and inventor Singer | 33 |
| Writer Shreve or Diamont or Loos | 32 |
| Writer Roald who created the Oompa-Loompas | 42 |
| Writer responding to the challenge? | 35 |
| Writer played by Vanessa in 1979 | 32 |
| Writer of the history "Ab Urbe Condita" | 49 |
| Writer of the graphic novel "Watchmen" | 48 |
| Writer of the ethnography "Germania" | 46 |
| Writer of the column "Sharps and Flats" | 49 |
| Writer of the column "Paris After Dark" | 49 |
| Writer of the 644-line poem "Ibis" | 44 |
| Writer of the 1918 play "Exiles" | 42 |
| Writer of the "April Theses" | 38 |
| Writer of rags-to-riches stories | 32 |
| Writer of clever crossword clues? | 33 |
| Writer of a five-volume Henry James biography | 45 |
| Writer of "Who Has Seen the Wind?" | 44 |
| Writer of "White Shadows" | 35 |
| Writer of "was here" graffiti et al. | 46 |
| Writer of "The Purloined Letter" | 42 |
| Writer of "The Age of Reason" | 39 |
| Writer of "The 95 Theses" | 35 |
| Writer of "Saint Joan" | 32 |
| Writer of "Polly of Hollywood" | 40 |
| Writer of "Kiss of the Spider Woman" | 46 |
| Writer of "Happy Birthday" | 36 |
| Writer of "America the Beautiful" | 43 |
| Writer of "A Man Must Fight," 1932 | 44 |
| Writer O'Flaherty's birthplace | 38 |
| Writer Michael and songwriter Harold | 36 |
| Writer Michael ("The Green Hat") | 42 |
| Writer known for surprise endings | 33 |
| Writer known as Old Possum, and his family | 42 |
| Writer Kingsley or his writer son Martin | 40 |
| Writer Jones who's now known as Amiri Baraka | 48 |
| Writer John who was an authority on cards | 41 |
| Writer James and ballplayer Tommie | 34 |
| Writer Jack's favorite entree? | 34 |
| Writer Ira of "Sliver" | 32 |
| Writer interred in the Panthéon | 34 |
| Writer H.H. Munro's pen name | 32 |
| Writer Gordimer and photographer Blacklock | 42 |
| Writer Gordimer and director Labaki | 35 |
| Writer France or director Litvak | 32 |
| Writer François ___ Rochefoucauld | 36 |
| Writer for whom the Edgar award is named | 40 |
| Writer Fleming as a two-year-old? | 33 |
| Writer famous for locked-room mysteries | 39 |
| Writer compared to Shaquille O'Neal? | 40 |
| Writer Cecil of "The Straight Dope" | 45 |
| Writer buried at Westminster Abbey | 34 |
| Writer born Howard Allen O'Brien | 36 |
| Writer Berenstain famous for the Berenstain Bears | 49 |
| Writer Anne's favorite dessert? | 35 |
| Writer and statesman put squeeze on composer | 44 |
| Write-in candidates may receive them | 36 |
| Write tomorrow's check today | 32 |
| Write the wrong year on, as a check | 35 |
| Write something, even if not the final draft | 44 |
| Write out of one's will, perhaps | 36 |
| Write off adhesive as a business expense? | 41 |