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An Italian poet, 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'

(Other definitions for andante that I've seen before include "not quickly" , "Musical instruction" , "Moderately slow movement" , "not hurrying from bar to bar" , "deliberately played" .)

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