Lyrical American horror writer getting credit mostly (6)
I believe the answer is:
poetic
'lyrical' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'horror writer getting credit mostly' is the wordplay.
'horror writer' becomes 'poe' (I've seen this before).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'credit' becomes 'tick' (I've seen this in other clues).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'tick' with its final letter taken off is 'tic'.
'poe'+'tic'='POETIC'
'american' acts as a link.
This may not be right. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for poetic that I've seen before include "One sort of licence" , "rhythmical" , "Expressed in verse" , "Clearly expressed in speech/writing" , "Like a 16" .)