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Book Scottish island up for poet (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shelley

'poet' is the definition.
(Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792-1822)

'book scottish island up' is the wordplay.
'book' becomes 'she' (I've seen this before).
'scottish island' becomes 'yell' (one of the Shetland islands).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'yell' backwards is 'lley'.
'she'+'lley'='SHELLEY'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for shelley that I've seen before include "Author of Frankenstein" , "Ode to the West Wind poet" , "Mary - - (Gothick writer)" , "Percy Bysshe . . . . . . ., great English poet" , "English Romantic poet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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