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Author in store with novel penned by Greek (11)

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I believe the answer is:

ghostwriter

'author' is the definition.
(ghostwriter is a kind of author)

'store with novel penned by greek' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters.
'penned by' indicates putting letters inside.
'greek' becomes 'gr'.
'store'+'with'='storewith'
'storewith' is an anagram of 'hostwrite'.
'hostwrite' inserted into 'gr' is 'GHOSTWRITER'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for ghostwriter that I've seen before include "Author denied credit" , "Maybe Sheridan Le Fanu" , "second involved in an autobiography?" , "scibe for the incapable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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