English Renaissance dramatist whose satirical plays include The Alchemist (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
ben jonson
(Other definitions for ben jonson that I've seen before include "Jacobean poet and dramatist" , "Alchemist playwright" , "'O rare ---' (playwright's epitaph)" .)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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