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Scribe translating verse in vacated cellar (9)

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I believe the answer is:

scrivener

'scribe' is the definition.
('scrivener' can be a synonym of 'scribe')

'translating verse in vacated cellar' is the wordplay.
'translating' indicates an anagram.
'vacated' suggests removing the centre.
'cellar' with its centre removed is 'cr'.
'verse'+'in'+'cr'='verseincr'
'verseincr' is an anagram of 'SCRIVENER'.

(Other definitions for scrivener that I've seen before include "writer" , "Notary" , "Copyist" , "Scribe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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