Fairy-tale writer with Irish name (8)

I believe the answer is:

andersen

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'fairy-tale writer' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'with irish name' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'and'.
'irish' becomes 'erse' (old-fashioned term for the Irish language).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'and'+'erse'+'n'='ANDERSEN'

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(Other definitions for andersen that I've seen before include "Hans Christian . . . . . . . . wrote stories for children" , "Hans Christian ........, Danish story-teller" , "Great Dane, perhaps" , "Hans Christian ..., writer of fairy tales" , "Wrote The Little Mermaid and Thumbelina" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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