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Used by writer and poet perhaps (7)

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I believe the answer is:

notepad

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'used by writer' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'and poet perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'and'+'poet'='andpoet'
'andpoet' is an anagram of 'NOTEPAD'.

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(Other definitions for notepad that I've seen before include "On which one writes" , "Where memos get written" , "Place for recording" , "Block of writing paper; computer" , "Tablet" .)

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