Linesman held by fraud enforcement (5)

I believe the answer is:

auden

'linesman' is the definition.
(WH Auden, 1907-1973)

'held by fraud enforcement' is the wordplay.
'held by' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'AUDEN' is hidden in the letters of 'fraud enforcement'.

(Other definitions for auden that I've seen before include "W. H. ... (British poet)" , "British-born American poet" , "Poet, associate of Spender and Isherwood" , "20th-century Anglo-American poet" , "British-born writer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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