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Person showing us round Poe’s house? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

usher

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'poe's house?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'person showing us round' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'us' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'her' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
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(Other definitions for usher that I've seen before include "Show in - escort" , "Doorkeeper in parliament or 29 down" , "Old teacher" , "Person showing one to a seat" , "Theatre assistant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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