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Work from Poet Laureate: four letters, having eight rhymes (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plough

'work' is the definition.
(ploughing is work on a farm)

'poet laureate four letters having eight rhymes' is the wordplay.
'poet laureate' becomes 'PL' (abbreviation).
'four letters having eight rhymes' becomes 'ough' ('ough' is pronounced many different ways).
'pl'+'ough'='PLOUGH'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for plough that I've seen before include "prepare the ground" , "Soil-breaker" , "Farm tool for cutting furrows" , "Cultivate" , "Furrower of soil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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