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Blair, when writing, wore out Liberals (6)

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orwell

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'blair' is the definition.
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'wore out liberals' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'liberals' becomes 'll' (a political abbreviation for liberal written twice).
'wore' with letters rearranged gives 'orwe'.
'orwe'+'ll'='ORWELL'

'when writing' is the link.
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(Other definitions for orwell that I've seen before include "George -, nineteen eighty four author" , "Blair, Eric, d. 1950" , "George .. . . . ., author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984'" , "George ...... wrote 'Animal Farm' and '1984'" , "George _______, nom de plume of Eric Blair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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