Possible Clues:

• Friday's writer
• Daniel . . . wrote 'Robinson Crusoe'
• Writer fed up with nameless individual
• Daniel ---, Crusoe author
• Daniel - - , author
• Writer, enemy of the French, going ahead
• Writer enters two consecutive letters in dictionary back to front
• Daniel -, Robinson Crusoe author
• Daniel ..... wrote ` `Robinson Crusoe' '
• He wrote of French rival