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Poet
depicted
in
a
university
study
(5)
Poet depicted in a university study (5)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Start with Poet as your definition, pointing at W. H. Auden. The wordplay is a simple stack of three bits: a, then university (abbreviated to U), then study as another word for a den. "Depicted in" just links the definition to the wordplay.