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Novel family appearing in Act 1 (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doone

'novel family' is the definition.
(family in the novel Lorna Doone)

'act 1' is the wordplay.
'act' becomes 'do' (to do is to act or execute a task).
'1' becomes 'one' (synonyms).
'do'+'one'='DOONE'

'appearing in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for doone that I've seen before include "See 2 Down" , "'Lorna - - ': novel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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