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Great writer, but he makes me snore (7)

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emerson

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'great writer but he' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'makes me snore' is the wordplay.
'makes' indicates anagramming the letters.
'me'+'snore'='mesnore'
'mesnore' is an anagram of 'EMERSON'.

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(Other definitions for emerson that I've seen before include "Ralph Waldo . . . . . . ., wrote The American Scholar" , "American writer, 1803-82" , "Ralph Waldo --, US author" , "American poet and philosopher, d. 1882" , "Ralph Waldo . . ., 19th century American philosopher and poet" .)

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