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Mostly ill-tempered English poet (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crabbe

'english poet' is the definition.
(George Crabbe 1754-1832)

'mostly ill-tempered' is the wordplay.
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'ill-tempered' becomes 'crabbed' (synonyms).
'crabbed' with its last letter taken away is 'CRABBE'.

(Other definitions for crabbe that I've seen before include "George -, English poet (The Borough)" , "Buster --, US swimmer/actor" , "Village poet" , "George ---, Jane Austen's favourite poet" , "George ---, Aldeburgh poet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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