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Old poet in middle of school run (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

horace

'old poet' is the definition.

'middle of school run' is the wordplay.
'middle of' means to look at the middle letters.
'run' becomes 'race' ('race' can be a synonym of 'run'**).
The central letters of 'school' are 'ho'.
'ho'+'race'='HORACE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for horace that I've seen before include "- Walpole, eighteenth century English author" , "Roman poet and satirist" , "Roman poet; -- Walpole" , "Boy's name - Roman poet" , "Roman lyric poet, d.8BC -- a chore (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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