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Tragic
heroine,
as
Dickinson,
say,
quaintly
concludes
(4)
Tragic heroine, as Dickinson, say, quaintly concludes (4)
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How the clue works
The Tragic heroine here is Tess from Hardy's novel. Emily Dickinson is, quaintly put, a 'poetess' (the 'say' flags her as an example), and the word POETESS 'concludes' with its final four letters TESS once you drop the opening PO.