Doctor "my sly healer" for novelist (4,7)
I believe the answer is:
mary shelley
'novelist' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'doctor my sly healer' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'my'+'sly'+'healer'='myslyhealer'
'myslyhealer' anagrammed gives 'MARY SHELLEY'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for mary shelley that I've seen is " Frankenstein's creator".)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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