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Writer spreading lies on TV (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

novelist

'writer' is the definition.
(I know that novelist is a type of writer)

'spreading lies on tv' is the wordplay.
'spreading' is an anagram indicator.
'lies'+'on'+'tv'='liesontv'
'liesontv' with letters rearranged gives 'NOVELIST'.

(Other definitions for novelist that I've seen before include "King maybe" , "Spark produced, perhaps" , "I've written" , "Book writer" , "Writer of long stories" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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