Unfavourable or commercial part of a poet's output? (7)
I believe the answer is:
adverse
'unfavourable' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'commercial part of a poet's output?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'commercial' could be 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement) and 'ad' is located in the answer.
'part' could be 'verse' (I have seen 'Part of hymn ' mean 'verse' so perhaps 'part' could also mean 'verse') and 'verse' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adverse that I've seen before include "Hostile" , "Inopportune" , "'Unfavourable, contrary (7)'" , "'Contrary, untoward (7)'" , "Inimical" .)