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Wheels turn handle used by writer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carroll

'handle used by writer' is the definition.
(Lewis Carroll, pen name of Charles Dodgson)

'wheels turn' is the wordplay.
'wheels' becomes 'car' (car wheel is a kind of wheel).
'turn' becomes 'roll' (roll is a kind of turn).
'car'+'roll'='CARROLL'

(Other definitions for carroll that I've seen before include "Lewis - - , 28 creator" , "See 17" , "Writer of nonsense" , "Lewis -- (Alice books)" , "Lewis -, Alice author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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