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Writer giving new guy cache for free (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

geoffrey chaucer

'writer' is the definition.
(Geoffrey Chaucer is an example)

'new guy cache for free' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'guy'+'cache'+'for'+'free'='guycacheforfree'
'guycacheforfree' anagrammed gives 'GEOFFREY CHAUCER'.

'giving' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for geoffrey chaucer that I've seen before include "Poet" , "author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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