The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CHESTERTON
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More clues leading to the result CHESTERTON
- Writer dear to the French when French is in fashion
- Bust in Paris, our rising British author
- Case repelling our French novelist
- Poet and novelist whose father was a detective
- English author the Guardian’s translated is back on the box
- Writer‘s not about to go back on box
- Box clever in the end, entering school as writer
- Writer from walled city to north
- Writer‘s item for storing college files foremost in room
- See fashion 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 = chesterton.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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