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A super ending for poems does no good at all! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erodes

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'a super ending for poems' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'does no good at all' is the wordplay.
'no good' indicates anagramming the letters (no good can mean faulty or defective).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'all' becomes 'er' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'does' with letters rearranged gives 'odes'.
'odes' after 'er' is 'ERODES'.

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(Other definitions for erodes that I've seen before include "Wears away with weather" , "Wears away as by time or water" , "Eats away" .)

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