The answer to each clue is two words that anagram each other - a person's last name followed by a 'possession'.
-1. Writer Amy's industrious insects. 4 letters each, first letters t,a
-2. Poet John's wager. 5,5 k,s
-3. Writer Horatio's beers. 6,6 a,l
-4. Actor Matt's wanderers. 6,6 d,n
-5. Actor Tom's crosses. 5,5 h,a
-6. Author Carroll's stratagems. (Use author's first name in this case.) 5,5 l,w
-7. Sir Arthur's Swiss sounds. 6,6 d,y
8. Former president's moonscapes. 7,7 c,c
9. Wealthy Bill's platform. 5,5 g,s
10. Inventor of dynamite's lords. 6,6 n,n