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Aptly named novelist Charles (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reade

'aptly named novelist charles' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for reade that I've seen before include "Victorian author" , "Charles -, The Cloister and the Hearth author" , "Charles --, wrote The Cloister and the Hearth" , "Charles --, English novelist" , "Roman name for York" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times and the LA Times.
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