Answer: fielding

AnswerCrossword Clue
FIELDING"Tom Jones" author
FIELDINGHe wrote "Tom Jones."
FIELDINGHe wrote "Tom Jones"
FIELDINGPlacing in competition
fieldingin cricket, waiting to catch the batsman's balls
fieldingHenry (1707รป54), English novelist. He provoked the introduction of censorship in theaters with his political satire The Historical Register for 1736. He then turned to writing picaresque novels, notably Joseph Andrews (1742) and Tom Jones (1749)