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Withdraw writing by virtuoso sending up good books (6)

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recant

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'withdraw' is the definition.
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'by virtuoso sending up good books' is the wordplay.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'virtuoso' becomes 'ace' ('ace' can be a synonym of 'virtuoso').
'sending up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'good' becomes 'r' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'books' becomes 'nt' (New Testament).
'ace' written backwards gives 'eca'.
'eca' after 'r' is 'reca'.
'reca'+'nt'='RECANT'

'writing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for recant that I've seen before include "Publicly withdraw" , "Take back in canter" , "Go back on a statement of belief" , "Disown" , "Renounce a former opinion or belief" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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