The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BROOKE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result BROOKE
- Poet conveying the sound of running water
- English poet has to suffer misfortune in the end
- War poet without money, without love
- Poet gives small flower to sweetheart
- 8 12 stand around castle
- 25, singular mate of 25
- Tolerate English poet
- Sitting by stream is English poet
- Poet recording small stream
- Shields displaying three pieces of broccoli, two of okra, and one of endive
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The straight part
We know that "25" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case 25 = brooke.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.