Crossword puzzle clue "write one's john hancock"

Write one's John Hancock

"To write is to write is to write . . ." writer

Where King John put his John Hancock

Each circled pair is an abbreviation for one; all 13 are arranged in the roughly north-to-south order in which their representatives (except for John Hancock) signed the Declaration of Independence

Put one's John Hancock on

Puts one's John Hancock on