- LOSTART
- Skill of the past
- Penmanship, some say
- Writing thank you notes, some say
- Letter writing, some say
- Making flint arrowheads, e.g.
- Obsolescent skill
- Letter writing, it's said
- Letter writing, perhaps
- Carving figureheads, for instance
- Writing letters, e.g.
- Letter writing, for example
- Letter writing, sadly
- Skill rarely practiced now
- Writing letters, some say
- Skill on the verge of extinction
- Letter writing, as some would say
- Forgotten skill.
- Skill no longer known.
- Carving arrowheads, nowadays
- Skill often touted but rarely seen
- Calligraphy, some say
- Skill that no one has anymore
- Letter writing, they say ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle
- Conversation, some say
- Writing in script, nowadays
- Writing letters, it's said
- Now-rare skill
- Skill rarely seen
- *Calligraphy, say
- Skill that's rare these days ... or, parsed differently, a hint to 17-, 27-, 45- and 61-Across
- Skill rarely seen now
- Skill that's rarely seen now
- Listening, some would say
- Letter writing, some would say
- Apt alternative title for this puzzle
