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Pound has a good reputation, like George Eliot? (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pen name

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'george eliot?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'pound has a good reputation' is the wordplay.
'pound' becomes 'pen' (both can mean an animal enclosure).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a good reputation' becomes 'name' (someone's good name is their reputation).
'pen'+'name'='PEN-NAME'

'like' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pen name that I've seen before include "Author's alias" , "Nom de plume" , "Writer's pseudonym" , "Author's pseudonym" , "such as Mark Twain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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