### Clue: Writer finding time for himself, say (4)
### Answer: POET 
 ### Explanation: Definition: himself, say
 POE(Edgar Allan, American author, poet, etc) **plus**(finding) T(abbrev. for "time").
Defn: An answer of which;say, is the writer, Poe himself. The clue also works with the defn. and wordplay switching roles.