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So the people accept the socially acceptable poet (7)

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I believe the answer is:

southey

'poet' is the definition.

'so the people accept the socially acceptable' is the wordplay.
'the people' becomes 'they' (they refers to a group of people).
'accept' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the socially acceptable' becomes 'U' (as in U and non-U language).
'so'+'they'='sothey'
'sothey' placed around 'u' is 'SOUTHEY'.

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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