### Clue: Confuse no solvers about French author's novel (4,3,6)
### Answer: SONS AND LOVERS 
 ### Explanation: Definition: n
An envelope ('about') of SAND ('george, 'French author', *nom de plume* of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin) in SONLOVERS, an anagram ('confuse') of 'no solvers'.