| Critic's write-up |
| You might draw them when answering questions |
| Horoscope writer |
| And I only am escaped alone to tell thee" writer |
| Action needed to spot the four fliers in the theme answers |
| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries |
| James Bond film, to a letter writer? |
| Romance writer Ahlers |
| A WWI song urged us to keep them burning |
| Anathema, to Polonius |
| Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| Award for mystery writers |
| American Pastoral" Pulitzer-winning writer |
| Adele won five of them in February |
| Fabergé jeweled them |
| About 57 degrees, mathematically |
| Mathematician's ordinal |
| Miss Marple finds them |
| Lone Ranger's theme composer |
| A-list screenwriter (and crossword fan) who won an Oscar for "Schindler's List," Steven ___ |
| Container holding slips of paper with tasks written on them |
| Death in the Desert" writer, 1930 |
| Bodybuilder's theme song? |
| A People's History of the United States" writer Howard |
| A Change Is Gonna Come" singer/songwriter Sam |
| Asleep ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| About the Author" write-ups |
| Screenwriter Ephron |
| African American mathemetician who purportedly surveyed the District of Columbia |
| Contract extras, and read differently, a hint to this puzzle's theme |