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Poet's before entry to West Stand (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

etagere

'stand' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'poet's before entry to west' is the wordplay.
'poet's before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term for 'before').
'entry' becomes 'gate'.
'to west' says the letters should be written backwards (the letters are written right to left).
'ere'+'gate'='eregate'
'eregate' reversed gives 'ETAGERE'.

(Other definitions for etagere that I've seen before include "Furniture item with shelves" , "Shelved display stand" , "Stand of shelves" , "Piece of furniture with open display shelves" , "place for knick-knacks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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