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Possibly Rice has penned this? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lyric

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'penned this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'possibly rice has' is the wordplay.
'has' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'LYRIC' is hidden within 'possibly rice'.

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(Other definitions for lyric that I've seen before include "Text of a popular song" , "Short poem of songlike quality" , "Of poetry that expresses thoughts and feelings" , "A song or poem" , "part of song" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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