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One having three lines listened to stoned fancy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haiku

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'one having three lines listened to stoned fancy' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for haiku that I've seen before include "Japanese 3-line poem of 17 syllables" , "Jap 17-syllable poem" , "ode" , "Epigrammatic verse" , "Japanese form of poem" .)

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