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Well up in poetry? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

versed

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'well up' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'poetry?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'poetry?' could be 'vers' (I've seen this before) and 'vers' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for versed that I've seen before include "Experienced or skilled in" , "metric composition" , "Experienced or knowledgeable" , "Thoroughly acquainted with and skilled in something" , "Experienced in, having a knowledge of - sounds poetic" .)

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