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British poet remaining inside association (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brotherhood

'association' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'british poet remaining inside' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'br'.
'poet' becomes 'hood' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'remaining' becomes 'other' ('other' can be similar in meaning to 'remaining').
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'br'+'hood'='brhood'
'brhood' placed around 'other' is 'BROTHERHOOD'.

(Other definitions for brotherhood that I've seen before include "Fraternity" , "Community" , "Feeling of close kinship" , "association" , "union" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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