American sailor terribly wet? Even poetic intermediary? (2-7)
I believe the answer is:
go-between
'poetic intermediary?' is the definition.
'go between' can be an answer for 'intermediary?' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'poetic' bit.
'american sailor terribly wet? even' is the wordplay.
'american sailor' becomes 'gob' (gob is a kind of sailor. I am not sure about the 'american' bit.).
'terribly' is an anagram indicator.
'even' becomes 'een' (old-fashioned contraction).
'wet' anagrammed gives 'etw'.
'gob'+'etw'+'een'='GO-BETWEEN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for go-between that I've seen before include "Intermediary" , "One who acts as messenger or negotiator" , "Runner" .)