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Fencing
covers
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2
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(9)
Fencing covers problem for 2 poets (9)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Fencing covers is your definition — scabbards being the sheaths for swords. For the wordplay, 2 cross-references 2 down (whose answer is SHEEP), so problem for 2 gives you SCAB, a disease of sheep, and then poets tacks on BARDS at the end.