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The writing of most notifications, novelly (7)

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fiction

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'the writing' is the definition.
(fiction is a kind of writing)

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(Other definitions for fiction that I've seen before include "Something invented" , "Invented story" , "See 9" , "Literary form" , "Fabricated story" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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