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This poet makes uninteresting study (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dryden

'this poet' is the definition.
(John Dryden)

'uninteresting study' is the wordplay.
'uninteresting' becomes 'dry' (I've seen this before).
'study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'dry'+'den'='DRYDEN'

'makes' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dryden that I've seen before include "John --, first Poet Laureate" , "17th-century poet" , "playwright" , "Dry Ned, the strange English poet" , "man behind lines?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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