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Poem put into faster time (2-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

up-tempo

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'into faster time' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'poem' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'poem' is 'empo' which is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'put' is the link.

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(Other definitions for up-tempo that I've seen before include "Played or sung at a fast speed" , "Played with a fast beat" , "Quick, cheerful (piece of music)" , "(Of music) played at fast speed" , "Musically, played (increasingly) fast" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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