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Go over review of art and poetry (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

traverse

'go over' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'review of art and poetry' is the wordplay.
'review of' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'poetry' becomes 'verse' ('verse' can be a synonym of 'poetry').
'art' backwards is 'tra'.
'tra'+'verse'='TRAVERSE'

(Other definitions for traverse that I've seen before include "Extend or bridge across" , "Ski diagonally across (a slope)" , "cover" , "In mountaineering, a steep slope to be crossed from side to side" , "Go across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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