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Writer who spilt his ink when given a shove (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pushkin

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'writer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'spilt his ink when given a shove' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'ink' is 'kin' which is located in the answer.
'shove' could be 'push' (I've seen this before) and 'push' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for pushkin that I've seen before include "Boris Godunov poet" , "As writer" , "Russian poet, author and dramatist" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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