### Clue: Name minor poet oddly dismissed? (8)
### Answer: CALLIOPE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Name minor poet
 CALL(to name/to label) + "minor poet" **minus its 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th letters**(oddly dismissed).
Defn: The name of the Muse for epic poetry – whom you might (or might not)/? call a minor poet.