The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TENNYSON
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More clues leading to the result TENNYSON
- Poet X’s name — curious, on reflection
- Poet’s new sonnet about New York
- Poet: meddlesome man finally getting up after mid-morning?
- Poet composed sonnet about New York
- Poet‘s game said to be taking place
- Poet‘s curious neighbour at first retreats behind No. 10
- Announcing play at Roland Garros
- Rewrote sonnet about New Year
- Poet in New York amid anxiety missing one
- Poet X, curious name to take up
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "old poet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old poet = tennyson.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.