Cryptic crossword clue
Writer with anger banishing initial privation 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PENURY

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What does PENURY mean?

PENURY noun
  1. Extreme want; poverty; destitution.
  2. A lack of something; a dearth.

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