Amateur writer tackles unfinished WI ballad in finale (10)

Independent Cryptic #12228 | 13 Across | 2025-12-17
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

( A [amateur] + POE [reference Edgar Allen POE {1809 – 1849]} American writer]) containing (tackles) CALYPS o (West Indian [WI] ballad) excluding the final letter O (unfinished)

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