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Christmas chicken for playwright? (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noel coward

'for playwright?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'christmas chicken' is the wordplay.
'christmas' becomes 'Noel' (Noel can mean Christmas).
'chicken' becomes 'coward' (similar in meaning).
'noel'+'coward'='NOEL COWARD'

(Other definitions for noel coward that I've seen before include "Old playwright" , "dramatist" , "He wrote" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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