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One perhaps makes you ring author (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goldsmith

I believe this is a double definition.

'one perhaps makes you ring' is the first definition.
(a goldsmith might make a ring)

'author' is the second definition.
(18th-century writer Oliver Goldsmith)

(Other definitions for goldsmith that I've seen before include "Irish novelist" , "Benvenuto Cellini was one" , "artisan worker" , "Precious metal worker" , "classic author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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