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Writer suggested Varadkar told story without using title associated with former role? (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leo tolstoy

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'title associated with former role?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'writer suggested varadkar told story without' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'writer' could be 'tolstoy' (I've seen this before) and 'tolstoy' is located in the answer.
'varadkar' could be 'leo' (Leo Varadkar) and 'leo' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'using' acts as a link.

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