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A novel, badly written, about a royal that sends one to sleep (7)

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I believe the answer is:

veronal

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'a novel badly written about a royal that sends one to sleep' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'a novel badly written about a royal' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'written about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a royal' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'a'+'novel'='anovel'
'anovel' anagrammed gives 'veonal'.
'veonal' enclosing 'r' is 'VERONAL'.

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(Other definitions for veronal that I've seen before include "draught?" , "Barbiturate (from Italian city?)" , "Sedative" .)

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