Crossword Clue:

the nib of a pen

Answer	Crossword Clue
STUB	Type of pen nib.
ERRS	Makes a slip of the pen.
ESCAPEE	One who makes a slip of the pen?

MANHUNT	What might result from a slip of the pen?
HARDTIME	Period in the pen, to a con
INMATECHUMS	THE MUSIC MAN redone as a show about pen pals?
LOUISAMAYALCOTT	Writer who sometimes used the pen name A.M. Barnard
NELLIEBLY	Her pen name is the title character in a Stephen Foster song