"Amsterdam" novelist McEwan (3)
I believe the answer is:
ian
'amsterdam novelist mcewan' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ian that I've seen before include "Male" , "The familiar Mr Paisley" , "Sir - McKellen, actor" , ". . . Botham, . . . Woosnam" , "- McEwan, Eng. writer" .)