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Eric’s covered in split milk in funny poem (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

limerick

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'funny poem' is the definition.
'limerick' can be an answer for 'poem' (limerick is a kind of poem). I am not sure about the 'funny' bit.

'eric's covered in split milk' is the wordplay.
'covered in' indicates putting letters inside.
'split' is an anagram indicator.
'milk' anagrammed gives 'limk'.
'eric' going into 'limk' is 'LIMERICK'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for limerick that I've seen before include "Humorous poem of 5 lines, and Irish county" , "Irish county's produced" , "Witty poem from mid-western Irish city" , "Irish county and port" , "Humorous five-line verse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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