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Early poet’s lad catching salmon or sea trout (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skelton

'early poet's' is the definition.
(15th-century poet John Skelton)

'lad catching salmon or sea trout' is the wordplay.
'lad' becomes 'son' (lad can informally mean a young boy).
'catching' is an insertion indicator.
'salmon or sea trout' becomes 'kelt' (kelt means a salmon or sea trout).
'son' placed around 'kelt' is 'SKELTON'.

(Other definitions for skelton that I've seen before include "Old poet" , "John --, English poet and tutor to Henry VIII" , "John -, English poet who tutored Henry VIII" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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