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Straight in front, as the poet might say (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

dead ahead

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'straight' is the definition.
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'front as the poet might say' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'front' could be 'head' and 'head' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

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