Waxing poetic over day in court at first (4)

I believe the answer is:

odic

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'waxing poetic' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'over day in court at first' is the wordplay.
'at first' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'over day in court' is 'ODIC'.

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(Another definition for odic that I've seen is " of force".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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