- Day-Lewis, John Masefield's successor as poet laureate (5)

I believe the answer is:

cecil

(Other definitions for cecil that I've seen before include "& 24 Across Colonialist in South Africa" , "-- Beaton, English photographer" , "Boy's name" , ". . . . . Rhodes, . . . . . B. de Mille" , "Robert -, secretary of state to Elizabeth I" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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