Bizarre neighbour refusing hug for great Irish author (6)

I believe the answer is:

obrien

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'irish author' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bizarre neighbour refusing hug' is the wordplay.
'bizarre' is an anagram indicator.
'refusing' is a deletion indicator.
'neighbour' with 'hug' taken away is 'neibor'.
'neibor' anagrammed gives 'OBRIEN'.

'for great' is the link.
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(Other definitions for obrien that I've seen before include "Flann --, Irish author" , "Conor Cruise and Kate" , "Irish writer" , "Edna, novelist" , "'Kate ..., Edna ..., (1'5)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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