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Novelist had ham story rewritten (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thomas hardy

'novelist' is the definition.
(I know this)

'had ham story rewritten' is the wordplay.
'rewritten' is an anagram indicator.
'had'+'ham'+'story'='hadhamstory'
'hadhamstory' anagrammed gives 'THOMAS HARDY'.

(Other definitions for thomas hardy that I've seen before include ""The Mayor of Casterbridge" author" , "Poet" , "Author of Under the Greenwood Tree" , "Writer who died in 1928" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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