Creator of the aristocratic sleuth Peter Wimsey (6)

I believe the answer is:

sayers

(Other definitions for sayers that I've seen before include "detective story writer" , "Peig and Dorothy L." , "she wrote mysteries" , "Dorothy L. --, novelist" , "They claim" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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