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Writer needing men in good health (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orwell

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

'men in good health' is the wordplay.
'men' becomes 'or' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'in good health' becomes 'well' ('well' can be similar in meaning to 'in good health').
'or'+'well'='ORWELL'

'needing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for orwell that I've seen before include "River" , "Blair's pseudonym" , "Blair, Eric, d. 1950" , "George . . . . . ., writer concerned with social justice" , "George --, novelist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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