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Poems since returned to Ukrainian port (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

odessa

'ukrainian port' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'poems since returned' is the wordplay.
'poems' becomes 'odes' (ode is a kind of poem).
'since' becomes 'as' (I've seen this in other clues).
'returned' is a reversal indicator.
'as' back-to-front is 'sa'.
'odes'+'sa'='ODESSA'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for odessa that I've seen before include "Battleship Potemkin mutiny port" , "Port city on the Black Sea" , "Black Sea location" , "Ukrainian Black Sea port" , "Port city of Ukraine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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