1: Healer making solemn statement about upcoming writers (9)

4: Composer employed in hotel garage (5)

7: Start reducing salt? (3)

8: Draw the knot (3)

9: Drawing, for example, a bit of a cartoon (3)

10: The time before the first woman (3)

12: Lug worm finally being a symbol (5)

13: Wrong, or sure one is wrong (9)

1: Open present yonder (4,5)

2: Perform part of play (3)

3: Difficult newspaper or novel (4,5)

5: Take a turn or a thousand dollars (3)

6: True side (5)

9: Is Pat suitable? (3)

11: Terrier shows how to stray (3)