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Novelist: one’s leaving chorus to the end (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lessing

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'novelist' is the definition.
(Doris Lessing)

'chorus to the end' is the wordplay.
'chorus' becomes 'sing' (to chorus is to sing in chorus).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the end' becomes 'les' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'sing' after 'les' is 'LESSING'.

'one's leaving' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for lessing that I've seen before include "Writer" , "Doris - - , novelist" , "source of drama" , "Doris -, British author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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