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Drama not unknown to philosopher (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plato

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'to philosopher' is the definition.
(Plato is an example)

'drama not unknown' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'plat' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for plato that I've seen before include "Greek character" , "Moon crater named after Greek philosopher" , "Republic author" , "Greek philosopher (The Republic)" , "Teacher of Aristotle, pupil of Socrates" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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