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Undisputed big guns? Not after this story! (3,5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the great gatsby

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'this story' is the definition.
(F Scott Fitzgerald novel)

'undisputed big guns? not' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'big' could be 'great' (synonyms) and 'great' is located in the answer.
'guns?' could be 'gats' (gat is a kind of gun) and 'gats' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'after' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for the great gatsby that I've seen before include "F Scott Fitzgerald novel" , "classic work" , "Book" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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