Relative Fleming, say, rubbed out in Russian fiction novel (5,6)

Times Cryptic #28810 | 12 Down | 2024-01-11
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

Don’t do what I did and cast around for a Dostoyevsky. Instead, take IAN (Fleming) away from RUSSIAN, add FICTION and scramble (novel).

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