"Adam Bede" author (5)
I believe the answer is:
eliot
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">adam bede author</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for eliot that I've seen before include "Author of Adam Bede, d.1880" , "T.S. --, poet" , "Four Quartets poet" , "Murder in the Cathedral author" , "thin material rejected" .)