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Stake-out for old English romantic poet (5)

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I believe the answer is:

keats

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'romantic poet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'stake-out for old english' is the wordplay.
'stake' can be anagrammed to 'KEATS'.
However, I am not clear how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for keats that I've seen before include "Endymion, Lamia poet" , "second-hand Homer reader" , "John --, English poet" , "Early 19th century poet" , "English poet, 1795-1821" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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