### Clue: Author's caught by inclination, ergo no clue for this! (7,5)
### Answer: WRITER’S CRAMP 
 ### Explanation: Definition: ergo no clue for this
 WRITER(author) + C(abbrev. for "caught" in cricket) **plus**(by) RAMP(an inclination;a slope).
Cryptic defn: This is the reason that there'd be no clue.