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War and Peace creator possibly lost plaything (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tolstoy

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'war and peace creator' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'possibly lost plaything' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates an anagram.
'plaything' becomes 'toy' (synonyms).
'lost' with letters rearranged gives 'tols'.
'tols'+'toy'='TOLSTOY'

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(Other definitions for tolstoy that I've seen before include "Russian novelist" , "Great Russian author of 'War and Peace'" , "He wrote Anna Karenina" , "Writer of War and Peace, d.1910" , "Count Leo . . . . . . ., author of 'War and Peace'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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