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There's a letter at the post office for Edgar Allan (3)

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I believe the answer is:

poe

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'edgar allan' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'there's a letter at the post office' is the wordplay.
'there's a letter' becomes 'e' ().
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the post office' becomes 'po' (abbreviation).
'e' after 'po' is 'POE'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for poe that I've seen before include "Fall of House of Usher author" , "US horror master" , "American author, d. 1849" , "The Raven poet" , "Edgar Allan --, US writer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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