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Good sense alternatives to lyric poems (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

odes

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'poems' is the definition.
(ode is a kind of poem)

'good sense alternatives to lyric' is the wordplay.
'good sense alternatives' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'lyric' becomes 'ode' (ode is a kind of lyric).
's' put after 'ode' is 'ODES'.

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(Other definitions for odes that I've seen before include "poetry" , "Songs" , "To a Skylark, To a Nightingale etc" , "Lyric poems" , "Lyrical poems" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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