Possible Clues:

• Laid at the door of a man of letters opening debate
• Chalked up (to)
• Put down a small plot, after felony was twice curtailed
• Assigned a small place to sleep, overlapping with another
• Gave credit to writer in the present era
• Gave credit for writer that's penetrating in the present era
• Credited (to)
• Assigned in form of overlapping places to sleep
• Put down a second copy by journalist