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Opposed to a little poetry? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

averse

'opposed to' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a little poetry?' is the wordplay.
'little' means to remove the last letter (the word is not quite complete).
'poetry?' becomes 'verses' (lines of poetry).
'verses' with its last letter taken away is 'verse'.
'a'+'verse'='AVERSE'

(Other definitions for averse that I've seen before include "Strongly opposed (to something)" , "Loath, reluctant" , "Disinclined, maybe to hard work" , "Disinclined - sounds like a poem" , "Having a strong opposition (to)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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