Victorian novel in which Spooner solicits orange healer? (3,6,6)
I believe the answer is:
our mutual friend
'victorian novel' is the definition.
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for our mutual friend that I've seen before include "China we share" , "John Harmon" , "someone we both know" , "you and I know and like" , "Novel" .)