Poet's study decorated with gold (5)
I believe the answer is:
auden
'poet's' is the definition.
(Auden is an example)
'study decorated with gold' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'study' could be 'den' (term for a study or office) and 'den' is found within the answer.
'gold' could be 'au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold) and 'au' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for auden that I've seen before include "W. H. ... (British poet)" , "British-born American poet" , "W. H. - , UK/US poet" , "British-born writer" , "W. H. -, Eng. poet" .)