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Bad bard giving writer a sample (9)

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poetaster

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'bad bard' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'giving writer a sample' is the wordplay.
'giving' says to put letters next to each other.
'writer' becomes 'Poe' (Edgar Allan Poe).
'a sample' becomes 'taster' (I've seen this before).
'poe' next to 'taster' is 'POETASTER'.

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(Other definitions for poetaster that I've seen before include "Writer of doggerel" , "Poor writer of verse" , "William McGonagall" , "Rhymester" , "He writes inferior verse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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