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Tolkien's half-elven lord cycles in verse (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rondel

'verse' is the definition.
(type of poem)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Another definition for rondel that I've seen is " A type of French verse".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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