A hut built for headless writer (6)
I believe the answer is:
author
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">writer</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">a hut built for headless</span>' is the wordplay.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">built</span>' is an anagram indicator.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">headless</span>' means to remove the first letter.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">f<span class="explanation-format__em">or</span></span>' with its first letter removed is '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">or</span>'.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">hut</span>' is an anagram of '<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">uth</span>'.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">a</span>'+'<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">uth</span>'+'<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">or</span>'='<span class="explanation-format__answer">AUTHOR</span>'<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for author that I've seen before include "Ours wrote as Edward" , "Writer of a book or play" , "Writer of a book, say" , "Generator of written work" , "eg Novelist" .)