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Predict judge is to recall celebrity would-be Slough bomber (8)

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I believe the answer is:

betjeman

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'would-be slough bomber' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'predict judge is to recall celebrity' is the wordplay.
'predict' becomes 'bet' (betting is a kind of predicting).
'judge' becomes 'J' (abbreviation for judge).
'is to recall' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'celebrity' becomes 'name' (as in a 'big name').
'name' backwards is 'eman'.
'bet'+'j'+'eman'='BETJEMAN'

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(Other definitions for betjeman that I've seen before include "Sir John --, former poet laureate" , "He hymned Joan Hunter Dunn" , "John ---, 70s Poet Laureate" , "Slough was his" , "See 10" .)

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