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Writer offering brill Old English (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

defoe

'writer' is the definition.
(Daniel Defoe)

'brill old english' is the wordplay.
'brill' becomes 'def' (both are slang terms meaning excellent).
'old english' becomes 'oe'.
'def'+'oe'='DEFOE'

'offering' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for defoe that I've seen before include "Author of Robinson Crusoe, d. 1731" , "pamphleteer and novelist" , "Daniel ---, wrote Moll Flanders" , "Robinson Crusoe's creator, d. 1731" , "Writer of Moll Flanders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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