### Clue: Writers collected in these surprisingly nice places (6,4)
### Answer: PENCIL CASE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Writers collected in these
 **Anagram of**(surprisingly) NICE PLACES. A slight problem with parsing – not sure whether "these" is part the anagram indicator or the definition or even neither. If the first or third, this leaves the definition deficient, but if the second, the answer is in the singular and not consistent with "these".