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One addressing autumn ending of off-peak fare (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

keats

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'one addressing autumn ending of' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'peak fare' is the wordplay.
'peak' becomes 'k' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'fare' becomes 'eats' (eats can mean food).
'k'+'eats'='KEATS'

'off' is the link.

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(Other definitions for keats that I've seen before include "John --, Romantic poet" , "Author of Endymion and Ode to a Nightingale" , "Early 19th century poet" , "English odist" , "Ode to Autumn poet" .)

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