Parrot Eliot initially pinched from another poet (3)
I believe the answer is:
kea
'parrot' is the definition.
(I know that kea is a type of parrot)
'eliot initially pinched from another poet' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ka' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kea that I've seen before include "bird" , "NZ flyer" , "Large New Zealand parrot" , "Green NZ parrot" , "NZ mountain parrot" .)