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A large fish actor gives the producer of Campion (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allingham

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'the producer of campion' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'a large fish actor' is the wordplay.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'fish' becomes 'ling' (ling is a kind of fish).
'actor' becomes 'ham' (ham is a kind of actor).
'a'+'l'+'ling'+'ham'='ALLINGHAM'

'gives' is the link.

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(Other definitions for allingham that I've seen before include "She wrote detective stories" , "Margery --, author" , "Margery --, English crime writer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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