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Shakespeare's Romeo in an unsuitable setting (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bard

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'shakespeare's' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'romeo in an unsuitable setting' is the wordplay.
'romeo' becomes 'R' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'an unsuitable setting' becomes 'bad' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'r' inserted inside 'bad' is 'BARD'.

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(Other definitions for bard that I've seen before include "Ancient poet" , "A drab sort of old poet" , "Epic poet" , "Animal; cruel person" , "Traditional poet" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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