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Writer at Sixty Minutes you texted earlier? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

author

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'writer' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'at isixty minutesi you texted earlier?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'you' could be 'u' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'u' is found within the answer.
'at' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for author that I've seen before include "Writer of a book, say" , "Creative artist" , "One writes" , "Dramatist" , "Professional writer" .)

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