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Old satirist, easily bribed, going to jail briefly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

juvenal

'old satirist' is the definition.
(Roman satirist)

'easily bribed going to jail briefly' is the wordplay.
'easily bribed' becomes 'venal' (I've seen this before).
'going to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'jail' becomes 'jug' ('jug' can be a synonym of 'jail').
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'jug' with its final letter taken away is 'ju'.
'venal' put after 'ju' is 'JUVENAL'.

(Another definition for juvenal that I've seen is " Roman satirist".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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