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In general, a novice playwright? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wilde

'playwright?' is the definition.
(I know that Wilde is a dramatist)

'in general a novice' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'general' becomes 'wide'.
'a novice' becomes 'L' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'wide' going around 'l' is 'WILDE'.

(Other definitions for wilde that I've seen before include "He wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol" , "Author of The Picture of Dorian Gray" , "Oscar --, dramatist" , "Author of Lady Windermere's Fan" , "Oscar or Kim?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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