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Enter drudge — he wrote one novel, a Victorian story (5,3,9,4)

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under the greenwood tree

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'enter drudge he wrote one novel a victorian story' is the definition.
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'enter drudge he wrote one novel' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new or novel order).
'enter'+'drudge'+'he'+'wrote'+'one'='enterdrudgehewroteone'
'enterdrudgehewroteone' with letters rearranged gives 'UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE'.

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(Other definitions for under the greenwood tree that I've seen before include "novel?" , "Where to find Roots" .)

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