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Baron (who's Australian); Dame (who wrote) (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

murdoch

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'baron who's australian dame who wrote' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'who wrote' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'who' could be 'doc' and 'doc' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for murdoch that I've seen before include "Rupert --, media owner" , "Rupert --; Iris --" , "Press baron" , "Author of The Bell" , "Media mogul" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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