Literary poet showing lots of ostentation (4)

Times Cryptic #28946 | 4 Down | 2024-06-18
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SWAN{k} (ostentation) [lots of]. My AI assistant advises:  The nickname “The Swan of Avon” for William Shakespeare originated with Ben Jonson, a contemporary playwright. It appeared in a poem Jonson wrote as a tribute to Shakespeare, which was published in the First Folio collection of Shakespeare’s plays in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death.

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