| Finalized, as a cartoon sketch | 30 |
| Like some crossword-puzzle squares | 34 |
| Wipeout for a pen-wielding crossword solver? | 44 |
| Tough rubber? | 13 |
| Stationery store purchase | 25 |
| Feature of some pens | 20 |
| Adjunct to some pens | 20 |
| Well tuned | 10 |
| Harmonious (with) | 17 |
| Ink dispenser | 13 |
| Writer's accessory of yore | 30 |
| Old holder of writing fluid | 27 |
| Most pitch-black | 16 |
| Most murky | 10 |
| Black to the max | 16 |
| Media magnate's printin' business? | 42 |
| Quality of dark shadows | 23 |
| Marianas Trench quality | 23 |
| Dark state | 10 |
| Difficulty getting a contract signed? | 37 |
| Like a brand-new fountain pen | 29 |
| Out of the blue, perhaps | 24 |
| Like a spent squid | 18 |
| A pencil, compared to a pen | 27 |
| Vague notions | 13 |
| Smallest clues | 14 |
| Slight suggestions | 18 |
| Manufacturer's sign on pottery | 34 |
| Very tense, so to speak | 23 |
| Feeling tied up, as a stomach | 29 |
| They stain stamps | 17 |
| Stamps' destinations | 24 |
| Stamp suppliers | 15 |
| Rubber-stamp partners | 21 |
| Doodle implement | 16 |
| Squid's squirter | 20 |
| Squid organ | 11 |
| Octopus organ | 13 |
| Writes, as a signature | 22 |
| Does some comic book work | 25 |
| Makes permanent, as a cel | 25 |
| Finishes, as a cartoon | 22 |
| Finalizes, as a cel | 19 |
| Fills, as black squares | 23 |
| Completes, as a cel | 19 |
| Rough pen drawing | 17 |
| Writer, slangily | 16 |
| Calligraphy mishap | 18 |
| Scribe's stain | 18 |
| Result of a leaky pen | 21 |
| Ivory Watson or Charlie Fuqua, e.g. | 35 |
| Dry cleaner's challenge | 27 |
| Tough job for a dry cleaner | 27 |
| Mark on a scribe's finger | 29 |
| Blotch caused by a leaky pen | 28 |
| Printers' problems | 22 |
| Pressman's problem | 22 |
| Where calligraphy supplies are sold? | 36 |
| Place for a quill | 17 |
| Pen holder | 10 |
| Old-fashioned pen holder | 24 |
| Calligrapher's convenience | 30 |
| Places to dip quill pens | 24 |
| Former desk features | 20 |
| Two-time US Women's Open golf champion Juli | 47 |
| Juli of the L.P.G.A. | 20 |
| Golfer Juli | 11 |
| Grinding surface used by Chinese calligraphers | 46 |
| Quill accompanier | 17 |
| Place to dip an old pen | 23 |
| Pen partner of the past | 23 |
| Old-time desk accessory | 23 |
| Old desk accessory | 18 |
| Early desk feature | 18 |
| Desk item of yore | 17 |
| Desk accessory, once | 20 |
| Bygone writing aid | 18 |
| Aid to John Hancock | 19 |
| Accountants used to dip into them | 33 |
| Schoolhouse features of yore | 28 |
| Desk features of old | 20 |
| Quill-dipping places | 20 |
| Quaint stationery store stock | 29 |
| One-room schoolhouse features | 29 |
| Old-time desk features | 22 |
| Old school-desk items | 21 |
| Early schooldesk appointments | 29 |
| Bygone classroom features | 25 |
| Mushroom yielding a dark fluid | 30 |
| Shaggy mane, gastronomically | 28 |
| Choice mushrooms | 16 |
| How-to meeting for making exploding pens? | 41 |
| Giving birth | 12 |
| About to deliver | 16 |
| About to be a mom | 17 |
| Preparing for a birthday? | 25 |
| Having a baby | 13 |
| Close to a delivery | 19 |
| About to be a mother | 20 |
| Intertwined: Var. | 17 |