Bondsman to have letters dictated for comedian (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
ernie wise
'for comedian' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'bondsman to have letters dictated' is the wordplay.
'bondsman' becomes 'ernie' (I've seen this before).
'to have' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'letters' becomes 'Ys' (more than one Y).
'dictated' shows a homophone (sound like).
'ys' is a homophone of 'wise'.
'ernie'+'wise'='ERNIE WISE'
(Other definitions for ernie wise that I've seen before include "funny little man" , "deluded TV playwright" , "The short, straight one" , "comic" , "comedian" .)