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Celeb must take novel he wrote (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

samuel beckett

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'he wrote' is the definition.
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'celeb must take novel' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates an anagram (letters in a new or novel order).
'celeb'+'must'+'take'='celebmusttake'
'celebmusttake' anagrammed gives 'SAMUEL BECKETT'.

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(Another definition for samuel beckett that I've seen is " Waiting for Godot playwright".)

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