Poet and playwright heard in town by Thames (7)

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marlowe

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'poet' is the definition.
(I have seen 'English poet' mean 'marlowe' so perhaps 'poet' could also mean 'marlowe')

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(Other definitions for marlowe that I've seen before include "Christopher -, playwright (Tamburlaine)" , "English poet" , "Christopher -, sixteenth English dramatist" , "writer" , "Kit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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