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An Italian poet is rather slow (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

andante

'rather slow' is the definition.
(musical direction)

'an italian poet' is the wordplay.
'italian poet' becomes 'dante' (Dante Alighieri).
'an'+'dante'='ANDANTE'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for andante that I've seen before include "not quickly" , "tad slow for 9 [FLAUTIST] ?" , "Moderately slow musical passage" , "Moving fairly slowly" , "(Of tempo) moderately slow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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