Possible Clues:

• 'His stick, which was a -- lawyer, weighted with lead' (Doyle)
• Writer with fury wanting rid of Queen and State
• Malaysian state, capital George Town
• Nag Pen into going to Malaysia
• State a religious observance that's good for church
• Writer, cross after lines cut, in a state out East
• Forested island off the coast of Malaya, in the Strait of Malacca
• Writer rang Trim from Malaysian island
• State of Malaysia
• Writer starts a novel with force in Malaysia