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... about a thin wound in the novel (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whodunnit

'novel' is the definition.

'about a thin wound' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'thin'+'wound'='thinwound'
'thinwound' anagrammed gives 'WHODUNNIT'.

'in the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for whodunnit that I've seen before include "yarn unravelled finally?" , "Detective story" , "crime novel" , "book" , "literary mystery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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