The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AUDEN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result AUDEN
- Poet in a posh study
- Poet: study area University put foremost
- University opens a study for poet
- Poet in uniform in old British colony
- Poet university engaged in a study
- Writer initially unappreciated in old British colony
- Top praise – People’s Poet
- Poet of golden study
- Poet‘s admission to chateau denied
- Poet has classy port brought round
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The straight part
We know that "Poet/Poet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case poet/poet = auden.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.