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Soak poets at sea, as it were (2,2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

so to speak

'as it were' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'soak poets at sea' is the wordplay.
'at sea' indicates an anagram.
'soak'+'poets'='soakpoets'
'soakpoets' with letters rearranged gives 'SO TO SPEAK'.

(Other definitions for so to speak that I've seen before include "If one may use that expression" , "In a way" , "as one might say" .)

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