Wheel in drink for writer (8)

I believe the answer is:

trollope

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'for writer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'wheel in drink' is the wordplay.
'wheel' becomes 'troll' (trolling is a kind of wheeling).
'in drink' becomes 'ope' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'troll'+'ope'='TROLLOPE'

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(Other definitions for trollope that I've seen before include "Author of 'The Warden'" , "Barchester novelist" , "Anthony -, English author (Phineas Finn)" , "Barsetshire novels writer" , "He wrote" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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