Possible Clues:

• He might have worked with 26 down, but how does a fish come into it?
• How does the fish come into it to do the 4 down?
• To get the fish in would work, by the sound of it, for him
• Woodworker (Quince)
• Woodman finding bird trapped in a carrier
• Craftsman
• One of the craftsmen given clear instructions by Salinger?
• Carrier containing writer's chips?
• Gnawing ant
• Find fault with record made by singer called Karen