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Old writer using upper case for part of book section (7)

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chaucer

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'old writer' is the definition.
'Chaucer' can be an answer for 'writer' (Chaucer is an example). I'm not sure about the 'old' bit.

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(Other definitions for chaucer that I've seen before include "Geoffrey . . . . . . ., author of 'The Canterbury Tales'" , "Geoffrey --, English poet" , "Geoffrey -, fourteenth century poet" , "Early English writer" , "14th-century English poet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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