The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word COUPLET
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result COUPLET
- Top clue represented in lines of verse
- Impressive feat by service lines
- Very successful act allowed for some poetry
- Firm up arrangement for tenant in two lines of text
- Item at the conclusion of sonnet
- Pair left in car heading for Truro
- Item at end of sonnet
- Husband and wife perhaps with time for bit of poetry
- Pair‘s masterstroke with lease
- Pair having time to produce rhyme
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The straight part
We know that "some poetry" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case some poetry = couplet.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.
What does COUPLET mean?
COUPLET noun- A pair of lines with rhyming end words.
- A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
- A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.