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Did Elgar Allan have a shot at it? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

poetry

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'did elgar allan have a' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'shot at it?' is the wordplay.
'shot' becomes 'try' (both can mean an attempt).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'it?' becomes 'poe' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'try' after 'poe' is 'POETRY'.

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(Other definitions for poetry that I've seen before include "Verses" , "Verse" , "Literary genre" , "'Best words in best order' (Coleridge)" , "Lines" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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