Poet passed right along (5)

I believe the answer is:

byron

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'poet' is the definition.
(Lord Byron)

'passed right along' is the wordplay.
'passed' becomes 'by' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'along' becomes 'on' (synonyms).
'by'+'r'+'on'='BYRON'

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(Other definitions for byron that I've seen before include "Baron and poet" , "Poetic lord" , "English romantic poet, d. 1824" , "Lord . . . . ., English poet who wrote 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'" , "Author of 'Don Juan'" .)

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

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