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ST 4596 (29 June) 6D Writer's home full of disease. Ibsen

Observer Everyman 3535 (6 July) 6D Playwright at home having caught disease. Ibsen

What are people's thoughts?

Do we know if both clues are by the same setter ?
If not, then more than coincidental

Ben is about to become a writer.
Our clueless friends could come up with more....

ST 4596 was set by Dean Mayer; couldn't find the name of the Everyman setter.

Jazzgirl.
You say you don't enter Clueless or Peer Review because you can't write cryptic clues!!!!

Given the number of times in Clueless and Peer Review that a very limited number of setters come up independently with similar or identical clues (always apologising etc) it seems far from unusual that professional setters doing many crosswords over a long period occasionally come up with similar clues for the same word.

rossim, you know that my clue was pathetic ! more suitable for the Sun I think :(

Jazzy, don't sell yourself short.

I agree. It worked perfectly.