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His poetry, with a bit of luck, is possibly within reach (7)

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chaucer

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'his poetry with a bit of luck is possibly within reach' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for chaucer that I've seen before include "See 22 Across" , "Medieval poet" , "English author of The Canterbury Tales" , "Early English poet" , "Poet known as the father of English literature, d. 1400" .)

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