Possible Clues:

• Say, is that in the set for the writer?
• Lamb, for example, is set free outside
• Writer, possibly, is in centre of Fleet Street
• Bacon maybe to try first
• Writer endlessly resists state intervening
• Writer's one way to support attempt
• Writer has points to mention first
• One who writes short pieces on given subject
• Bacon or Lamb, e.g.
• Try first to become a writer