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Poet with his own Inn in London? (4)

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gray

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'poet' is the definition.
(18th-century poet Thomas Gray)

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(Other definitions for gray that I've seen before include "dull for Americans" , "(Churchyard) Elegy poet" , "In America, dull" , "a bit gloomy for the Americans" , "Author of ballad opera" .)

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