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He wrote the story our disheartened bloke adapted (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

robert southey

'he wrote' is the definition.
(English poet, 1774-1843)

'the story our disheartened bloke adapted' is the wordplay.
'disheartened' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'adapted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'bloke' with its centre taken out is 'be'.
'the'+'story'+'our'+'be'='thestoryourbe'
'thestoryourbe' anagrammed gives 'ROBERT SOUTHEY'.

(Another definition for robert southey that I've seen is " poet".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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