The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCRIBE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SCRIBE
- Writer in bed in the Home Counties
- Author someone has to plagiarise for content
- Writer almost prepared to accept plagiarism
- Writer's simple dwelling in Kent perhaps?
- Writer cries afresh about book
- Second eleven starts acquiring game scorer
- Writer seen in brothel in Esher regularly
- Writer‘s copy found in Home Counties
- Plagiarism is at the heart of the Home Counties hack
- Vacant single bed inside for writer
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The straight part
We know that "writer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case writer = scribe.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SCRIBE mean?
SCRIBE noun- Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary or copyist.
- A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
- A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
- (in particular) A journalist.
- To write.
- To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- To record.
- To write or draw with a scribe.
- To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.; so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
- To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.