Author of The Waste Land (5)
I believe the answer is:
eliot
'author of the waste land' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for eliot that I've seen before include "The Waste Land author" , "thin material rejected" , "One of two writers" , "Author of Adam Bede, d.1880" , "Four Quartets poet" .)