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Answering me, they ruffled American author (6,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ernest hemingway

'american author' is the definition.

'answering me they ruffled' is the wordplay.
'ruffled' is an anagram indicator.
'answering'+'me'+'they'='answeringmethey'
'answeringmethey' is an anagram of 'ERNEST HEMINGWAY'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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