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Literary alter ego in cloak, say (4)

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I believe the answer is:

hyde

'literary alter ego' is the definition.
(as in Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde)

'cloak say' is the wordplay.
'cloak' becomes 'hide' (I've seen this before).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'hide' is a homophone of 'HYDE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for hyde that I've seen before include "doctor turned into during work" , "First president" , "Jekyll's alter ego" , "Manchester town, London park" , "Green space in London" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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