Comedian's debut novel after leaving the Fringe read aloud and reviewed? (7)
I believe the answer is:
covered
'reviewed?' is the definition.
(eg covered in a newspaper review)
'comedian's debut novel after leaving the fringe read aloud' is the wordplay.
'debut' indicates taking the first letters.
'after leaving the fringe' indicates the central letters (the edges or fringes of the word are removed).
'aloud' shows a homophone (sound like).
The centre of 'novel' is 'ove'.
The first letter of 'comedians' is 'c'.
'read' sounds like 'red'.
'c'+'ove'+'red'='COVERED'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for covered that I've seen before include "Concealed; dealt with" , "Overlaid with something" , "Reported" , "given protection" , "Travelled (a distance); protected" .)