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Boy, turning ten, always poetic as writer of verse (9)

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I believe the answer is:

sonneteer

'writer of verse' is the definition.
(someone who writes sonnets)

'boy turning ten always poetic' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'son' (synonyms).
'turning' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'always poetic' becomes 'eer' (poetic or archaic version of 'ever').
'ten' written backwards gives 'net'.
'son'+'net'+'eer'='SONNETEER'

'as' is the link.

(Another definition for sonneteer that I've seen is " Poet".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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