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Poet Stephen, welcome shop customer? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spender

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This clue might be a double definition.

'poet stephen' is the first definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'welcome shop customer?' is the second definition.
'spender' can be an answer for 'customer?' (spender is a kind of customer). I am not certain of the 'welcome shop' bit.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for spender that I've seen before include "writer of poetry" , "One paying out money" , "Sir Stephen -, English twentieth century poet" , "One using money" , "patronising retailers, perhaps?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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