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Marcel, staggering in a stupor (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

proust

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'marcel staggering' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'a stupor' is the wordplay.
'stupor' can be anagrammed to 'PROUST'.
But, I am not sure how the anagram is indicated.

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(Other definitions for proust that I've seen before include "Great French writer in stupor" , "Marcel --, French novelist 1871-1922" , "Remembrance of Things Past author" , "French author" , "Marcel ---, Fr. author" .)

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