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American author conjuring up new nightmare, yes? (6,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ernest hemingway

'american author' is the definition.

'conjuring up new nightmare yes?' is the wordplay.
'conjuring up' indicates anagramming the letters.
'new'+'nightmare'+'yes'='newnightmareyes'
'newnightmareyes' with letters rearranged gives 'ERNEST HEMINGWAY'.

(Other definitions for ernest hemingway that I've seen before include "Writer" , "A new genre is myth (anag) - author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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