French novelist Pierre (4)
I believe the answer is:
loti
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">french novelist pierre</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for loti that I've seen before include "Currency of Lesotho" , "money abroad" .)