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Have finished but can't fully parse this clue:-
21 Ac - "Crime writer to emerge after penning note on chapter" The answer is obviously CHRISTIE but I can't
quite tie everything in.

It might be CH for chapter with RISE around (penning) TI

Many thanks, John - I was obsessing myself with the wrong musical note and it was throwing me off-course! Your structure is sound enough.