### Clue: Literary doctor inspiring us is an overweight American (7)
### Answer: FAUSTUS 
 ### Explanation: Literary doctor inspiring us is an overweight American (7)
*inspiring* **US** *is* **FAT** ("overweight") **US** ("American") 
*Doctor Faustus *is a 1592 play by Christopher Marlowe and a 1947 novel by Thomas Mann.