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A model turned storyteller (5)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Storyteller is your definition, pointing to the famous fable-teller of antiquity. You take a from the clue, then model gives you POSE, which gets turned around to make ESOP, and sticking a in front gives you the whole thing.