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Resent being miscast as the author of 'Tristram Shandy (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sterne

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'the author of 'tristram shandy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'resent being miscast' is the wordplay.
'being miscast' indicates anagramming the letters.
'resent' with letters rearranged gives 'STERNE'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sterne that I've seen before include "Laurence ...... wrote ` `Tristram Shandy' '" , "Tristram Shandy creator" , "Laurence ..., author of 'Tristram Shandy'" , "18th-century novelist" , "Author of Tristram Shandy, d. 1768" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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