Surname of an eponymous Mark Twain hero (6)

I believe the answer is:

sawyer

(Other definitions for sawyer that I've seen before include "working on deal?" , "Hero of US literature" , "one to cut a deal?" , "Tom, hero of Mark Twain's novel" , "Tom possibly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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