Novel published, another by female convicts (3,3,4,5)
I believe the answer is:
put out more flags
'novel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'published another by female convicts' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'published' could be 'out' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'out' is found within the answer.
'another' could be 're' (I've seen this in other clues) and 're' is located in the answer.
'by' could be 'of' and 'of' is found in the remaining letters.
'convicts' could be 'lags' (I've seen this before) and 'lags' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for put out more flags that I've seen before include "book" , "novel result" , "Plant extra irises" , "Evelyn Waugh novel" , "instruction to lazy paver?" .)