Playwright lives around top of Scottish mountain (5)

I believe the answer is:

ibsen

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'playwright' is the definition.
(Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906)

'lives around top of scottish mountain' is the wordplay.
'lives around' becomes 'ibs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'top of' means to remove the first letter (I've seen 'top' mean this).
'scottish mountain' becomes 'ben' (Scottish term for a peak, eg Ben Nevis).
'ben' with its initial letter taken off is 'en'.
'ibs'+'en'='IBSEN'

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(Other definitions for ibsen that I've seen before include "See 7 Down" , "Norwegian dramatist, d. 1906" , "Norwegian dramatist, Henrik (1828-1906)" , "Is Ben a playwright?" , "Scandinavian playwright" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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