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Poem by Eliot, playwright (5)

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I believe the answer is:

odets

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'playwright' is the definition.
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'poem by eliot' is the wordplay.
'poem' becomes 'ode' (ode is a type of poem).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'eliot' becomes 'ts' (poet TS Eliot).
'ode'+'ts'='ODETS'

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