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American writer a good deal tense about chapter (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alcott

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'american writer' is the definition.
'alcott' can be an answer for 'writer' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'american' bit.

'a good deal tense about chapter' is the wordplay.
'good deal' becomes 'lot' (a good deal of something).
'tense' becomes 't' (abbreviation used in many dictionaries).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'chapter' becomes 'c' (abbreviation).
'lot'+'t'='lott'
'lott' placed around 'c' is 'lcott'.
'a'+'lcott'='ALCOTT'

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(Other definitions for alcott that I've seen before include "Lousia May ---, US author" , "Novelist" , "'Louisa May ..., author of Little Women (6)'" , "Louisa, a writer" , "Author of Little Women, d. 1888" .)

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