A universal god or creator (6)

I believe the answer is:

author

'creator' is the definition.
(author is a kind of creator)

'a universal god' is the wordplay.
'universal' becomes 'u'.
'god' becomes 'thor' (Thor is an example**).
'a'+'u'+'thor'='AUTHOR'

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for author that I've seen before include "Dramatist" , "Writer of a book, article or document" , "One writes" , "Pen" , "Generator of written work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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