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Playwright confident in speech? (4)

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shaw

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'playwright' is the definition.
(George Bernard Shaw)

'confident in speech?' is the wordplay.
'confident' becomes 'h' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'speech?' becomes 'saw' (saw is a kind of speech).
'h' put into 'saw' is 'SHAW'.

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(Other definitions for shaw that I've seen before include "Playwright; small wood" , "G. B. ---; T. E. ---" , "Irish playwright, d. 1950" , "writer of plays and critical commentaries" , "Irish author" .)

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