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Writer and Italian poet mostly hanging ornament (7)

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I believe the answer is:

pendant

'hanging ornament' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'writer and italian poet mostly' is the wordplay.
'writer' becomes 'pen' (I've seen this before).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'italian poet' becomes 'dante' (Dante Alighieri).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'dante' with its last letter taken off is 'dant'.
'pen'+'dant'='PENDANT'

(Other definitions for pendant that I've seen before include "Panted after learned one" , "Ornament hanging from necklace" , "One hung by the neck" , "earring, say" , "Ornament hanging from a piece of jewellery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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