The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SPENSER
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More clues leading to the result SPENSER
- Poet having to write in ship on turning turtle
- Poet, writer on board Queen Elizabeth
- Poet beginning to speak and think in French
- Poet takes second to think of Nancy
- Old poet taking sherry regularly, dipping quills?
- Poet, Southern, writes with hesitation
- Poet's son writes about uprising
- Old English poet and writers featured in first half of series
- Poet writes; ‘special’ Queen Elizabeth described!
- Writer of series about writers
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The straight part
We know that "Poet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case poet = spenser.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.