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A note to stop, no time for the writer (5)

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I believe the answer is:

aesop

'the writer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a note to stop no time' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'e' (musical note).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'stop' with 't' taken out is 'sop'.
'a'+'e'+'sop'='AESOP'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for aesop that I've seen before include "Greek father of fables" , "A pose by Greek writer of fables" , "very old writer" , "Greek teller of animal tales with a moral" , "Author of many fables" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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