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Maybe Poe's a past expert at telling fabulous tales (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aesop

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'past expert at telling fabulous tales' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'maybe poe's a' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates anagramming the letters.
'poes'+'a'='poesa'
'poesa' anagrammed gives 'AESOP'.

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(Other definitions for aesop that I've seen before include "Classic fable writer" , "Fabulous man" , "Greek storyteller" , "he wrote in Greek" , "Ancient Greek author of moral tales" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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