### Clue: Linesman having a little nap? (7)
### Answer: KIPLING 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Linesman
 KIP(a nap/a brief sleep) + -LING(suffix used to form a diminutive/a word that conveys the smallness/littleness of the named object or quality, as in "duckling").
Defn: …/a man writing lines of verse, specifically, Rudyard, our featured poet.