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Singer in Fielding's novel (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tom jones

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'novel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'singer in fielding's' is the wordplay.
'singer' becomes 'tom' (tom is a kind of birdanimal).
'in fielding's' becomes 'jones' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tom'+'jones'='TOM JONES'

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(Other definitions for tom jones that I've seen before include "Welsh singer < in German comic opera" , "Henry Fielding novel; singer" , "Book" , "1749 Henry Fielding novel" , "film" .)

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