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Aslan to start with, Universal God for Lewis? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

author

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'lewis?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'aslan to start with universal god' is the wordplay.
'to start with' suggests taking the first letters.
'universal' becomes 'U' (film certificate).
'god' becomes 'thor' (Thor is an example).
The first letter of 'aslan' is 'a'.
'a'+'u'+'thor'='AUTHOR'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for author that I've seen before include "Originator" , "Ford, for example" , "Originate" , "Writer of a book or play" , "Write" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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