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Wheels turn for author (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carroll

'author' is the definition.
(Lewis Carroll)

'wheels turn' is the wordplay.
'wheels' becomes 'car' (car wheel is a kind of wheel).
'turn' becomes 'roll' (rolling is a kind of turning).
'car'+'roll'='CARROLL'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for carroll that I've seen before include "Pen name of Dodgson" , "Lewis - - , 28 creator" , "writer of fiction !" , "Lewis -, Alice author" , "Writer of nonsense" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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