Possible Clues:

• Paintings put up with some Biblical text and cross
• Cross dramatist, English
• Swears in time about to get cross
• Playwright with point to get across
• Ends of tether, hostile and cross
• Cross sideways
• Cross and short suppressing endless rant
• Cross, being reluctant to follow empty tractor
• Extend or bridge across
• How to get across abstract art and poetry