22 down’s Mr. Collins, say, cut from poem and caught (6)

Guardian Cryptic #29570 | 7 Down | 2024-12-19
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definition: Mr Collins in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a priest CLERI-[hew]=type of "poem", with 'hew'="cut" taken "from" it, plus C (caught, cricket abbreviation)

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