Doctor Marlowe fashioned, leading character in devilish fantasy (10)
I believe the answer is:
dreamworld
'devilish fantasy' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'doctor marlowe fashioned leading character' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation).
'fashioned' indicates an anagram.
'leading' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'character' becomes 'd'.
'marlowe' with letters rearranged gives 'eamworl'.
'dr'+'eamworl'+'d'='DREAMWORLD'
'in' acts as a link.
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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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