Novelist quits rewrite about Republican puppet masters, perhaps (14)
I believe the answer is:
ventriloquists
'puppet masters perhaps' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'novelist quits rewrite about republican' is the wordplay.
'rewrite' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'rewritten' mean this).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'republican' becomes 'R' (abbreviation in US politics).
'novelist'+'quits'='novelistquits'
'novelistquits' anagrammed gives 'ventiloquists'.
'ventiloquists' placed around 'r' is 'VENTRILOQUISTS'.
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