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Could maid start to become a playwright? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

dramatist

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'a playwright?' is the definition.
(I know that playwright can be written as dramatist)

'could maid start to' is the wordplay.
'maid start' can be anagrammed to 'DRAMATIST'.
However, I am not clear how the anagram is indicated.

'become' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dramatist that I've seen before include "Wordsmith" , "man of theatre" , "Shakespeare, say" , "O'Neill or O'Casey, for example" , "One who writes plays" .)

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