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Writer having sly toot collapsed (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tolstoy

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

'sly toot collapsed' is the wordplay.
'collapsed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sly'+'toot'='slytoot'
'slytoot' with letters rearranged gives 'TOLSTOY'.

'having' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tolstoy that I've seen before include "Lost toy belonging to Count Leo, writer" , "Count Leo . . . . . . ., author of 'War and Peace'" , "Author of Anna Karenina, d.1910" , "He wrote Anna Karenina" , "Great Russian author of 'War and Peace'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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