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Writer gets nothing right, fortunately (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orwell

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

'nothing right fortunately' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'fortunately' becomes 'well'.
'o'+'r'+'well'='ORWELL'

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for orwell that I've seen before include "Writer of 1984" , "George . . . . . ., writer concerned with social justice" , "Blair's pseudonym" , "George _______, nom de plume of Eric Blair" , "The Road to Wigan Pier author" .)

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