Poet who had to house many people? (6)
I believe the answer is:
horace
'poet who' is the definition.
'horace' can be an answer for 'poet' (Roman poet). I'm unsure of the rest of the definition.
'to house many people?' is the wordplay.
'to house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'many people?' becomes 'race' (racial or ethnic group).
'ho'+'race'='HORACE'
'had' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for horace that I've seen before include "Boy's name - Roman poet" , "Odist" , "Is it a chore to read this old Roman poet?" , "Roman poet; -- Walpole" , "Latin ode writer" .)