Really Relay Cryptic Puzzles

[Enoch]

Is it

Swansong

[ad hoc]

Enoch,

you're right and up for a clue

[Enoch]

I am better at solving than setting but how about:

Playwright told to go over the list (7)

I apologise in advance

[novice]

I am better at solving than setting but how about:

Playwright told to go over the list (7)

I apologise in advance

Is it

Chekhov (check off)

[Enoch]

Correct, I can't help the bad puns.

[novice]

There's no such thing as a bad pun.

Next:
Briefly popular - a weirdo's worst nightmare. (2,1,8)

[zakalwe]

Answer:

In a nutshell

Nice one! I also liked Enoch's puzzle. Next:

A beautiful number? (10)

[SevenSpirits]

A beautiful number? (10)

anesthetic

Edit to add explanation:

"A beautiful" = "An esthetic"

"number?" = "anesthetic" (it's a numb-er; the "?" indicates a particularly silly interpretation)

If that's it, that is awesome.

[zakalwe]

That's correct, SevenSpirits. Thanks for the praise.

[SevenSpirits]

For mine I will post a puzzlehunt-style* puzzle I made a few years ago.

(Spoilered for size)

[Image updated after zakalwe pointed out an error.]

* You have to figure out what to do. The answer will be a word or short phrase. There's no mouseover text or metadata or anything like that, just imagine I gave you a piece of paper that looked like that, or a pdf to print out. These are usually done in a group setting so feel free to post intermediate results.