English detective-story writer, d. 1957 (6)

I believe the answer is:

sayers

(Other definitions for sayers that I've seen before include "Peig and Dorothy L." , "Detective fiction author, d. 1957" , "They claim" , "they announce" , "detective story writer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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