Reason prince embraced royal writer (7)

I believe the answer is:

spenser

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'writer' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'reason prince embraced royal' is the wordplay.
'reason' becomes 'sense' (I've seen this in another clue).
'prince' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'embraced' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are embraced).
'royal' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'sense' enclosing 'p' is 'spense'.
'spense'+'r'='SPENSER'

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(Other definitions for spenser that I've seen before include "Edmund - , sixteenth century English poet" , "Fairy Queen author" , "English poet of 'The Faerie Queene'" , "Elizabethan poet" , "Edmund ---, Eliz. poet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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