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Poet laureate once twenty-four hours on Scottish isle (3-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

day-lewis

'poet laureate once' is the definition.
(Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate 1968-1972)

'twenty-four hours on scottish isle' is the wordplay.
'twenty-four hours' becomes 'day' (there are 24 hours in a day).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'scottish isle' becomes 'Lewis' (Lewis is a Scottish isle).
'day'+'lewis'='DAY-LEWIS'

(Another definition for day-lewis that I've seen is " Cecil --, poet laureate".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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