Censor cross about one famous author (10)

I believe the answer is:

bainbridge

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'one famous author' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'censor cross' is the wordplay.
'censor' becomes 'bain' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cross' becomes 'bridge' (bridging is a kind of crossing).
'bain'+'bridge'='BAINBRIDGE'

'about' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.

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