__ Fielding, comedian (4)

I believe the answer is:

noel

(Other definitions for noel that I've seen before include "A lone Christmas in France" , "Coward who wrote and acted, d. 1973" , "Fellow" , "Christmas time" , "Christmas carol" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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