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One’s composed poetic address to Manx cat? (4)

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opus

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'one's composed' is the definition.
(term for a musical work)

'poetic address to manx cat?' is the wordplay.
'poetic address' becomes 'o' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to manx' means to remove the last letter (Manx cats have no tail).
'cat?' becomes 'puss' (puss is a kind of cat).
'puss' with its final letter taken away is 'pus'.
'o'+'pus'='OPUS'

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(Other definitions for opus that I've seen before include "Composer's work" , "Soup (anag.)" , "Musical composition in the soup" , "Artistic work" , "A Latin work" .)

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