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This poet's through to listeners (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

donne

'this poet's' is the definition.
(Donne is an example)

'through to listeners' is the wordplay.
'through' becomes 'done' (synonyms).
'to listeners' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'done' sounds like 'DONNE'.

(Other definitions for donne that I've seen before include "English preacher and metaphysical poet, d. 1631" , "basic assumption" , "Writer of poetry" , "John -, English poet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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