Novelist Hemingway (6)
I believe the answer is:
ernest
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">novelist hemingway</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ernest that I've seen before include "chap" , "American writer . . . . . . Hemingway" , "fellow" , "The boy sounds serious" , "Resent (anag) - man" .)