Spy fiction writer Deighton (3)

I believe the answer is:

len

(Other definitions for len that I've seen before include "- - Hutton, cricketer" , "-- Deighton, author" , "Leonard (dim.)" , "Boy" , "Sir - - Hutton" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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