| 2026-08-09 | Before, poetically |
| 2026-08-05 | Before, in a hymnbook |
| 2026-07-04 | Before, in olden times |
| 2026-06-28 | Shakespearean conjunction |
| 2026-06-01 | Before, to Shakespeare |
| 2026-05-08 | Bygone "before" |
| 2026-02-18 | Old-fashioned word that's a homophone of 49-Across |
| 2025-11-08 | "Then it was well with me, in days ___ I was born": Housman |
| 2025-10-12 | Afore |
| 2025-08-20 | Before, poetically |
| 2025-07-14 | Poetic "before" |
| 2025-07-06 | Before, poetically |
| 2025-06-20 | Before, in a poem |
| 2025-06-16 | Before, poetically |
| 2025-05-27 | Before, in poetry |
| 2025-05-17 | "Ended, ___ it begun" (Emily Dickinson poem) |
| 2025-04-08 | Before, in poetry |
| 2025-02-16 | Poet's palindromic preposition |
| 2024-12-21 | Short palindrome in the middle of a famous longer one |
| 2024-11-14 | Before, in classic poetry |
| 2024-09-29 | "___ the bonnie boat was won / As we sailed into the mystic" (Van Morrison lyric) |
| 2024-09-22 | Ahead of, in poetry |
| 2024-09-11 | Palindromic preposition |
| 2024-08-15 | Poetic palindrome |
| 2024-08-03 | Old word of precedence |
| 2024-07-31 | Before, poetically |
| 2024-07-29 | Bard's "before" |
| 2024-06-17 | Before, poetically |
| 2024-06-05 | Afore |
| 2024-05-15 | Before, in verse |
| 2024-04-21 | Afore |
| 2024-04-14 | Before, to Shakespeare |
| 2024-02-21 | Prior to, in poetry |
| 2024-02-13 | "Before" of yore |
| 2024-01-21 | Poetic preposition |
| 2024-01-15 | Before, in poetry |
| 2023-12-18 | Before, in poetry |
| 2023-12-17 | Previously, in poetry |
| 2023-12-06 | Hardy's "before" |
| 2023-10-19 | How English poets wrote previously? |
| 2023-09-12 | Before, in poetry |
| 2023-08-27 | Before, once |
| 2023-08-25 | Palindromic adverb |
| 2023-07-18 | Before, poetically |
| 2023-07-16 | Afore |
| 2023-06-04 | Before, once |
| 2023-06-03 | Preceder to long or now |
| 2023-05-21 | Before, poetically |
| 2023-05-02 | Poetry palindrome |
| 2023-04-30 | Before, in poetry |
| 2023-04-24 | Palindromic preposition in poems |
| 2023-04-18 | Before, in poetry |
| 2023-04-09 | Poetic palindrome |
| 2023-04-08 | "I will find you twenty lascivious turtles ___ one chaste man": Shak. |
| 2023-04-04 | Before, to a bard |
| 2023-03-31 | "That will be ___ the set of sun": Shak. |
| 2023-03-26 | Before, in poetry |
| 2023-03-21 | Palindromic poetic preposition |
| 2023-03-05 | 'Fore |
| 2023-02-05 | Previously, poetically |
| 2023-01-26 | Palindromic word in classic poetry |
| 2023-01-25 | Before, in poetry |
| 2023-01-14 | Poetic palindrome |
| 2022-12-31 | Afore |
| 2022-10-19 | Before, to Byron |
| 2022-10-16 | Afore |
| 2022-10-12 | Before, poetically |
| 2022-09-07 | Before, poetically |
| 2022-07-21 | Poetic conjunction |
| 2022-07-06 | Poetic preposition |
| 2022-06-30 | Poet's palindromic preposition |
| 2022-06-28 | "Take heed, ___ summer comes, or cuckoo-birds do sing": "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 2022-04-29 | "___ sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes": Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| 2022-04-23 | Palindromic preposition |
| 2022-04-21 | Bard's "before" |
| 2022-03-22 | Before, poetically |
| 2022-02-27 | Quaint lead-in to while |
| 2022-02-26 | "... ___ I again behold my Romeo!": Juliet |
| 2022-02-17 | Before, in verse |
| 2022-02-16 | Before, to Shakespeare |
| 2022-02-07 | Poet's "before" |
| 2022-01-26 | Lead-in to "long" |
| 2021-12-06 | "... ___ he drove out of sight ..." |
| 2021-12-05 | Before, poetically |
| 2021-11-28 | Before, once |
| 2021-11-23 | "Able was I ___ ..." |
| 2021-11-21 | Before, in poetry |
| 2021-11-20 | Word before now |
| 2021-11-17 | Before, in poetry |
| 2021-11-01 | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" |
| 2021-10-14 | Old-fashioned preposition |
| 2021-09-02 | Lead-in to long |
| 2021-08-14 | Lead-in to now |
| 2021-07-23 | "I shall see thee, ___ I die, look pale with love": "Much Ado About Nothing" |
| 2021-07-22 | "I kissed thee ___ I kill'd thee": "Othello" |
| 2021-06-23 | 'Fore |
| 2021-03-22 | Preceding, poetically |
| 2021-03-15 | Poet's "before" |
| 2021-03-08 | Before, poetically |
| 2021-03-02 | Before, to poets |
| 2021-02-23 | Before, in poetry |
| 2021-02-13 | "Why, every fault's condemn'd ___ it be done": "Measure for Measure" |
| 2021-01-12 | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" |
| 2020-11-19 | Afore |
| 2020-11-02 | Before, in a poem |
| 2020-10-16 | What can come before long |
| 2020-10-02 | "Take heed, ___ summer comes or cuckoo-birds do sing": "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| 2020-08-20 | With 19-Across, heretofore |
| 2020-08-08 | Infinitive verb suffix in Italian |
| 2020-07-23 | Poet's "before" |
| 2020-07-01 | Outmoded preposition |
| 2020-06-22 | Before, to poets |
| 2020-06-21 | Palindromic preposition |
| 2020-05-14 | 'Fore |
| 2020-05-04 | Before, in verse |
| 2020-04-19 | Palindrome in poetry |
| 2020-04-16 | Prior to, in verse |
| 2020-04-12 | Lead-in to long |
| 2020-04-02 | Afore |
| 2020-03-24 | Bard's "before" |
| 2020-03-09 | Before, in poetry |
| 2020-02-07 | Before, in odes |
| 2020-01-05 | Poetic "before" |
| 2019-12-15 | Lead-in to long |
| 2019-11-13 | Before, in verse |
| 2019-10-08 | Before, to a bard |
| 2019-09-03 | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" |
| 2019-05-28 | Before, to bards |
| 2019-05-27 | Poet's "before" |
| 2019-05-06 | Bard's "before" |
| 2019-04-26 | Lead-in to long |
| 2019-04-23 | Before, in verse |
| 2019-04-15 | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove out of sight ..." |
| 2019-04-02 | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" |
| 2019-03-25 | Before, in poetry |
| 2019-03-24 | Poet's "before" |
| 2019-03-17 | Poetic conjunction |
| 2019-03-15 | "___, little darlin', don't shed no tears" (lyric in Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry") |
| 2019-02-06 | Byron's "before" |
| 2019-01-22 | Before, in poetry |
| 2019-01-13 | "We'll teach you to drink deep ___ you depart": Hamlet |
| 2018-12-21 | Ahead of, poetically |
| 2018-11-27 | Before, to poets |
| 2018-11-13 | Word following "Able was I ..." |
| 2018-11-05 | Before, poetically |
| 2018-10-31 | Afore |
| 2018-10-10 | 'Fore |
| 2018-09-29 | Ahead of, old-style |
| 2018-09-25 | Before, to poets |
| 2018-08-30 | 'Fore |
| 2018-08-23 | Poetic preposition |
| 2018-08-19 | "Thanks in old age - thanks ___ I go": Whitman |
| 2018-08-11 | It comes before long |
| 2018-07-25 | Bard's "before" |
| 2018-06-09 | Now or long lead-in |
| 2018-06-05 | "That will be ___ the set of sun" (line from the first scene of "Macbeth") |
| 2018-05-28 | Before, in poetry |
| 2018-05-06 | "___ Music's golden tongue / Flatter'd to tears this aged man ...": Keats |
| 2018-04-17 | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he ..." |
| 2018-04-06 | Poetic preposition |
| 2018-03-21 | Lead-in to long |
| 2018-02-05 | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove out of sight ..." |
| 2018-01-31 | Before, in poetry |
| 2018-01-21 | Before, poetically |
| 2018-01-18 | "Listen ___!" (Cockney cry) |
| 2017-11-03 | In advance of |
| 2017-10-24 | Conjunction in the middle of a famous palindrome |
| 2017-08-04 | Ahead of, old-style |
| 2017-07-22 | "___ Fancy has been quelled": Longfellow |
| 2017-06-11 | Before, to a bard |
| 2017-02-14 | Before, to poets |
| 2017-02-05 | Poetic preposition |
| 2017-01-23 | Before, to Byron |
| 2017-01-15 | 'Fore |
| 2017-01-06 | "Thanks in old age - thanks ___ I go": Walt Whitman |
| 2016-12-27 | Before, poetically |
| 2016-11-24 | "Ended, ___ it begun" (Emily Dickinson poem) |
| 2016-10-16 | "... ___ he drove out of sight" |
| 2016-09-08 | Lead-in to long |
| 2016-09-03 | Up until, in poetry |
| 2016-07-30 | Emily Dickinson's "Ended, ___ it begun" |
| 2016-07-13 | Before, to a poet |
| 2016-07-05 | Poetic preposition |
| 2016-06-28 | Poet's "before" |
| 2016-06-26 | Before, poetically |
| 2016-06-05 | "We'll teach you to drink deep ___ you depart": Hamlet |
| 2016-05-16 | Before, to a bard |
| 2016-05-13 | "___ on my bed my limbs I lay" (line from Coleridge) |
| 2016-04-24 | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" |
| 2016-04-04 | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" |
| 2016-03-16 | Before, old-style |
| 2016-02-16 | Before, poetically |
| 2016-01-11 | Prior to, poetically |
| 2015-11-29 | Burns's "before" |
| 2015-10-25 | "Lord, We Ask Thee ___ We Part" (hymn) |
| 2015-09-30 | Bard's preposition |
| 2015-09-16 | Before, poetically |
| 2015-09-09 | Poetic preposition |
| 2015-08-12 | Before, in poetry |
| 2015-07-09 | Poetic conjunction |
| 2015-06-15 | Before, in poetry |
| 2015-06-03 | Poetic palindrome |
| 2015-05-04 | Before, to a poet |
| 2015-04-26 | Poetic preposition |
| 2015-04-09 | Poetic preposition |
| 2015-04-02 | 'Fore |
| 2015-03-10 | Before, to Byron |
| 2015-02-15 | Before |
| 2015-02-08 | Poet's "prior to" |
| 2015-02-03 | Before, in poetry |
| 2015-01-12 | Prior to, poetically |
| 2015-01-03 | Ahead of, once |
| 2014-12-21 | 'Fore |
| 2014-11-25 | Before, to the Bard |
| 2014-11-19 | Bard's preposition |
| 2014-11-17 | Before, poetically |
| 2014-11-11 | Poet's "before" |
| 2014-10-19 | Before, to Byron |
| 2014-09-20 | "Maid of Athens, ___ we part": Byron |
| 2014-07-21 | Before, to poets |
| 2014-06-01 | Before, poetically |
| 2014-05-22 | Long intro? |
| 2014-04-13 | "We shun it ___ it comes": Dickinson |
| 2014-04-09 | Bard's preposition |
| 2014-03-08 | "___ I forsook the crowded solitude": Wordsworth |
| 2014-02-23 | Odist's preposition |
| 2014-02-19 | "___ fancy you consult, consult your purse": Franklin |
| 2013-12-21 | Lead-in to now |
| 2013-10-10 | "Listen, ___ the sound be fled": Longfellow |
| 2013-09-09 | Before, poetically |
| 2013-09-01 | Before, in verse |
| 2013-08-28 | "Inconstancy falls off ___ it begins": Shak. |
| 2013-08-21 | 'Fore |
| 2013-08-18 | Before, in sonnets |
| 2013-08-01 | Poetic preposition |
| 2013-07-28 | Before, poetically |
| 2013-07-21 | Before, poetically |
| 2013-06-03 | Before, poetically |
| 2013-04-22 | Before, to poets |
| 2013-03-11 | Before, in verse |
| 2013-02-26 | Before, to Kipling |
| 2013-02-17 | Poet's "before" |
| 2013-02-13 | 'Fore |
| 2013-01-28 | Before, to a bard |
| 2013-01-06 | "Let us part, ___ the season of passion forget us": Yeats |
| 2012-10-25 | Poetic preposition |
| 2012-10-15 | Byron's "before" |
| 2012-10-09 | "I kiss'd thee ___ I kill'd thee": Othello |
| 2012-09-30 | Odist's "before" |
| 2012-09-09 | 'Fore |
| 2012-08-20 | Prior to, in verse |
| 2012-07-22 | Before, to a poet |
| 2012-05-13 | "We'll teach you to drink deep ___ you depart": Hamlet |
| 2012-04-08 | Afore |
| 2012-02-26 | Poetic preposition |
| 2012-02-15 | Poetic preposition |
| 2012-02-05 | Before, in verse |
| 2011-12-10 | Syllable-saving poetic word |
| 2011-11-14 | Before, poetically |
| 2011-07-07 | Before, in verse |
| 2011-06-19 | Before, to Byron |
| 2011-06-13 | Before, to a poet |
| 2011-05-31 | Bard's "before" |
| 2011-05-12 | Poet's preposition |
| 2011-05-01 | Poet's "before" |
| 2011-04-24 | Poet's "before" |
| 2011-04-14 | 'Fore |
| 2011-04-13 | Previous to, in verse |
| 2011-03-13 | Poetic preposition |
| 2011-01-22 | "___ thou and peace may meet": Shelley |
| 2010-12-27 | Before, poetically |
| 2010-12-05 | "We shun it ___ it comes": Emily Dickinson |
| 2010-11-29 | Before, poetically |
| 2010-11-01 | "... ___ he drove out of sight" |
| 2010-10-20 | Poetic preposition |
| 2010-09-22 | Before, to Byron |
| 2010-09-14 | Before, in verse |
| 2010-09-05 | Palindromic preposition |
| 2010-07-10 | Up until |
| 2010-06-12 | Homophone of 25-Across |
| 2010-05-18 | Bard's "before" |
| 2010-05-06 | Preposition before now |
| 2010-04-29 | "___ fancy you consult, consult your purse": Benjamin Franklin |
| 2010-03-18 | Reversible preposition |
| 2010-02-19 | Ahead of, in verse |
| 2010-02-11 | "Maid of Athens, ___ We Part" (Byron poem) |
| 2010-01-21 | "We shun it ___ it comes": Emily Dickinson |
| 2010-01-14 | Not there, to 11-Down |
| 2009-12-10 | Before, in a ballade |
| 2009-12-08 | Bard's "before" |
| 2009-11-12 | "___ upon my bed I lay me": Longfellow |
| 2009-09-22 | Before, to Byron |
| 2009-08-26 | Bard's before |
| 2009-07-14 | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" |
| 2009-07-13 | Before, poetically |
| 2009-06-27 | Outmoded preposition |
| 2009-06-25 | Long introduction? |
| 2009-05-19 | Before, to a bard |
| 2009-03-30 | Before, poetically |
| 2009-03-26 | "... ___ he drove out of sight" |
| 2009-03-08 | Poetic preposition |
| 2009-03-05 | "___ I let fall the windows of mine eyes": Shak. |
| 2009-01-01 | "___ the bat hath flown / His cloister'd flight ...": Macbeth |
| 2008-11-27 | Poetic preposition |
| 2008-11-22 | "Blood hath been shed ___ now": Macbeth |
| 2008-11-15 | Fore |
| 2008-09-30 | Bard's "before" |
| 2008-09-23 | Bard's "before" |
| 2008-08-31 | Prior to, in verse |
| 2008-08-13 | Poetic preposition |
| 2008-08-07 | Poetic preposition |
| 2008-03-27 | Afore |
| 2008-03-06 | Poetic conjunction |
| 2008-02-01 | "A little ___ the mightiest Julius fell": Shak. |
| 2007-12-30 | Before, in verse |
| 2007-10-26 | In advance of |
| 2007-10-09 | Before, in poetry |
| 2007-10-01 | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove ..." |
| 2007-09-30 | "Myself was stirring ___ the break of day": Shak. |
| 2007-09-17 | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" |
| 2007-08-28 | Bard's "before" |
| 2007-08-26 | Poetic preposition |
| 2007-06-14 | Palindromic preposition |
| 2007-03-15 | Prior to, in verse |
| 2007-03-14 | "... ___ he drove out of sight" |
| 2007-03-11 | "___ Sleep Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes" (Dunbar poem) |
| 2007-02-19 | Byron's "before" |
| 2007-01-29 | Poet's before |
| 2007-01-25 | "___ the long roll of the ages end" (start of an old Irish song) |
| 2007-01-16 | Bard's before |
| 2006-12-05 | Before, to bards |
| 2006-11-21 | It comes before long |
| 2006-11-08 | Bard's "before" |
| 2006-10-29 | Bard's "before" |
| 2006-10-26 | "For Lycidas is dead, dead ___ his prime": Milton |
| 2006-10-23 | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he …" |
| 2006-10-20 | Long intro? |
| 2006-09-21 | In the time leading up to |
| 2006-09-03 | Poetic preposition |
| 2006-08-24 | "___ Time transfigured me": Yeats |
| 2006-08-09 | Poet's preposition |
| 2006-08-02 | Browning's "before" |
| 2006-07-17 | "Able was I ___ …" |
| 2006-05-28 | Lead-in for long |
| 2006-05-14 | "I hope to see London once ___ I die": "Henry IV, Part 2" |
| 2006-05-11 | Byronic "before" |
| 2006-05-01 | Before, in verse |
| 2006-04-19 | Before, to bards |
| 2006-04-04 | Before, to poets |
| 2006-03-30 | Afore |
| 2006-03-06 | Poet's "before" |
| 2006-03-05 | "… ___ he drove out of sight" |
| 2006-02-27 | Afore |
| 2006-01-31 | Before, in poetry |
| 2005-12-15 | Afore |
| 2005-12-01 | Long introduction? |
| 2005-11-30 | Before of yore |
| 2005-11-10 | Before, in poetry |
| 2005-10-26 | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ …" |
| 2005-10-22 | "… ___ I again behold my Romeo!" |
| 2005-10-18 | Bard's before |
| 2005-10-09 | 'Fore |
| 2005-10-07 | "Maid of Athens, ___ We Part" (Byron poem) |
| 2005-10-02 | Before |
| 2005-09-28 | Prior to, to Prior |
| 2005-09-21 | Palindromic preposition |
| 2005-09-17 | "... ___ the set of sun": "Macbeth" |
| 2005-09-01 | Afore |
| 2005-08-17 | Afore |
| 2005-07-23 | It may appear before long |
| 2005-06-21 | Before, before |
| 2005-06-05 | "___ the bat hath flown / His cloister'd flight …": Macbeth |
| 2005-03-30 | Poetic conjunction |
| 2005-03-27 | Prior to, to Prior |
| 2005-03-22 | Before, in verse |
| 2005-02-28 | Before, in verse |
| 2005-02-25 | Up until |
| 2005-02-06 | Poetic preposition |
| 2005-01-30 | Afore |
| 2005-01-17 | Afore |
| 2004-09-20 | Before, in verse |
| 2004-09-12 | "I kissed thee ___ I killed thee": Othello |
| 2004-08-09 | Before, in poetry |
| 2004-08-08 | Afore |
| 2004-08-02 | Poetic palindrome |
| 2004-07-26 | Before, in poetry |
| 2004-07-01 | "A little ___ the mightiest Julius fell": Shak. |
| 2004-06-24 | Sooner than |
| 2004-06-21 | Before, in 29-Down |
| 2004-06-19 | "___ Time transfigured me": Yeats |
| 2004-04-26 | Afore |
| 2004-04-18 | Ode preposition |
| 2004-03-17 | Before |
| 2004-03-09 | Poet's preposition |
| 2004-02-02 | Before, to Byron |
| 2003-12-30 | Before, once |
| 2003-12-11 | "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he ..." |
| 2003-11-26 | Poetic palindrome |
| 2003-10-15 | Prior to, in poesy |
| 2003-09-30 | Prior to, poetically |
| 2003-08-25 | Prior to, to Prior |
| 2003-08-14 | It comes before long |
| 2003-07-27 | "That will be ___ the set of sun": "Macbeth" |
| 2003-07-23 | Before, before |
| 2003-06-29 | Bard's preposition |
| 2003-05-25 | Afore |
| 2003-03-22 | "... the sun paused ___ it should alight": Shelley |
| 2003-03-14 | "... die strangled ___ my Romeo comes?": Shak. |
| 2003-03-09 | Prior to |
| 2003-01-15 | Palindrome center |
| 2003-01-05 | Before, in verse |
| 2002-12-09 | Before, to bards |
| 2002-12-08 | Poet's preposition |
| 2002-11-03 | Before |
| 2002-11-02 | "___ the mother's milk had dried": Kipling |
| 2002-10-16 | "... ___ he drove out of sight" |
| 2002-10-06 | "... ___ he drove out of sight" |
| 2002-09-30 | Before, once |
| 2002-07-22 | Before, of yore |
| 2002-07-02 | Bard's before |
| 2002-06-27 | Palindromic conjunction |
| 2002-05-06 | Poetic preposition |
| 2002-04-21 | ". ___ he drove out of sight ." |
| 2002-03-19 | Bard's before |
| 2002-02-26 | Palindromic preposition |
| 2002-02-21 | Poetic preposition |
| 2002-02-13 | Poetic preposition |
| 2002-01-20 | Prior to |
| 2002-01-15 | "___ pales in Heaven the morning star": Lowell |
| 2002-01-10 | Word before long or now |
| 2001-12-27 | Prior to |
| 2001-11-13 | Prior to, to Prior |
| 2001-10-03 | Prior to |
| 2001-09-30 | "___ the steamer bore him Eastward ...": Kipling |
| 2001-08-12 | Poetic preposition |
| 2001-07-24 | Bard's before |
| 2001-07-17 | Bard's "before" |
| 2001-06-19 | Before, to bards |
| 2001-05-16 | Afore |
| 2001-04-13 | "... ___ he drove out of sight" |
| 2001-03-19 | Before, in poetry |
| 2001-03-05 | Prior to, in poetry |
| 2001-03-04 | Afore |
| 2001-02-03 | "___ pales in Heaven the morning star": Lowell |
| 2001-01-14 | Poetic preposition |
| 2001-01-08 | "... ___ he drove out of sight" |
| 2000-12-09 | Prior to |
| 2000-12-03 | Before, once |
| 2000-11-26 | Prior to |
| 2000-11-19 | Afore |
| 2000-11-06 | Bard's before |
| 2000-10-22 | Anteceding |
| 2000-10-20 | Word before while |
| 2000-10-12 | "___ on my bed my limbs I lay": Coleridge |
| 2000-09-22 | Prior to |
| 2000-09-07 | Before, once |
| 2000-09-03 | Preceding, in verse |
| 2000-09-01 | "___ he drove out of sight..." |
| 2000-08-23 | Long intro? |
| 2000-08-01 | Before, to Burns |
| 2000-07-17 | Before, to a bard |
| 2000-07-12 | Poetic palindrome |
| 2000-06-30 | Prior to, to Prior |
| 2000-05-26 | Word before now |
| 2000-05-19 | It comes before long |
| 2000-04-25 | Before, to Burns |
| 2000-04-18 | Before, in poetry |
| 2000-04-14 | "___ on my bed my limbs I lay": Coleridge |
| 2000-04-12 | Poetic preposition |
| 2000-04-11 | Bard's "before" |
| 2000-03-26 | Before, of yore |
| 2000-03-17 | Before, once |
| 2000-02-28 | Before, for a bard |
| 2000-02-26 | It may come before long |
| 2000-01-30 | Poetic preposition |
| 2000-01-12 | Earlier than |
| 1999-12-28 | Prior to, to Prior |
| 1999-12-19 | Before, once |
| 1999-11-22 | Before |
| 1999-10-26 | Bard's "before" |
| 1999-09-26 | Previous to |
| 1999-07-13 | Before, to bards |
| 1999-07-11 | Shortly before? |
| 1999-07-03 | "___ pales in Heaven the morning star": Lowell |
| 1999-06-08 | Poet's preposition |
| 1999-06-07 | Prior to, in old times |
| 1999-06-05 | In advance of |
| 1999-06-01 | Before, in verse |
| 1999-05-25 | Before, in verse |
| 1999-05-21 | It comes before long |
| 1999-05-09 | "___ he drove out of sight..." |
| 1999-04-28 | Shortly before? |
| 1999-04-08 | Before, once |
| 1999-04-01 | Before |
| 1999-01-05 | Before, in poetry |
| 1998-12-14 | Before, in poetry |
| 1998-12-04 | Poet's preposition |
| 1998-11-08 | Prior to |
| 1998-10-26 | Before, once |
| 1998-10-25 | "Able was I ___..." |
| 1998-10-17 | James Whitcomb Riley's "___ I Went Mad" |
| 1998-09-25 | Word used before now |
| 1998-09-20 | Poetic preposition |
| 1998-08-30 | Prior to |
| 1998-07-23 | Afore |
| 1998-05-16 | Poetic preposition |
| 1998-05-10 | Poetic preposition |
| 1998-05-08 | Afore |
| 1998-04-24 | Obsolete preposition |
| 1998-04-02 | Prior to, to Prior |
| 1998-03-22 | Poetic preposition |
| 1998-03-16 | Before, in poetry |
| 1998-03-08 | Afore |
| 1998-02-20 | "Look ___ ye leap" |
| 1998-02-13 | Afore |
| 1997-11-15 | Poetic preposition |
| 1997-11-09 | "Maid of Athens, ___ we part": Byron |
| 1997-10-28 | Poetic palindrome |
| 1997-10-26 | Afore |
| 1997-10-19 | Before, once |
| 1997-10-16 | Before, to Byron |
| 1997-10-03 | Palindromist's preposition |
| 1997-09-07 | James Whitcomb Riley's "___ I Went Mad" |
| 1997-08-20 | Poetic preposition |
| 1997-08-17 | Afore |
| 1997-08-15 | Middle of a famous palindrome |
| 1997-08-03 | Before, in poetry |
| 1997-07-13 | Before, once |
| 1997-07-07 | Prior to, poetically |
| 1997-06-20 | Before |
| 1997-05-05 | Before, in verse |
| 1997-05-04 | Prior to, poetically |
| 1997-04-15 | Poet's "before" |
| 1997-04-03 | Poet's preposition |
| 1997-02-18 | Palindromic preposition |
| 1997-02-16 | Poetic preposition |
| 1997-02-15 | Afore |
| 1997-01-31 | Up until |
| 1997-01-28 | Before, in verse |
| 1997-01-07 | Before, to a poet |
| 1997-01-06 | "Able was I ___..." |
| 1996-12-15 | Poetic preposition |
| 1996-12-03 | Before, to poets |
| 1996-11-10 | Obsolescent preposition |
| 1996-09-20 | Afore |
| 1996-08-25 | Prior to, in poetry |
| 1996-08-09 | Palindromic preposition |
| 1996-07-19 | Prior to |
| 1996-05-09 | Before |
| 1996-04-28 | Before |
| 1996-04-18 | Byron's before |
| 1996-03-30 | Previous word |
| 1996-03-27 | Byron's before |
| 1996-03-24 | Before, to Byron |
| 1996-02-23 | Until |
| 1996-02-18 | Prior to |
| 1996-02-02 | Long opening? |
| 1995-10-30 | Before, to Byron |
| 1995-10-15 | Rather than |
| 1995-09-27 | Afore |
| 1995-08-24 | Before |
| 1995-08-13 | Afore |
| 1995-08-01 | "Able was I ____ ..." |
| 1995-07-29 | Riley's "_____ I Went Mad" |
| 1995-07-26 | Before |
| 1995-07-25 | Sooner than |
| 1995-07-16 | Before |
| 1995-06-30 | Prior to |
| 1995-04-25 | Before, to Browning |
| 1995-04-16 | Prior to |
| 1995-04-09 | Poetic preposition |
| 1995-03-06 | Before |
| 1994-12-27 | Afore |
| 1994-12-04 | Before |
| 1994-11-28 | Prior, to Prior |
| 1994-11-02 | Before, in verse |
| 1994-09-29 | Palindromic preposition |
| 1994-09-14 | Before |
| 1994-08-28 | Long opening |
| 1994-08-25 | Before |
| 1994-08-16 | Afore |
| 1994-07-21 | Long start |
| 1994-07-16 | James Whitcomb Riley's "_____ I Went Mad" |
| 1994-07-13 | Before, to Burns |
| 1994-06-03 | Before, before |
| 1994-05-23 | Prior to, in poems |
| 1994-05-06 | Prior to |
| 1994-04-12 | Afore |
| 1994-02-27 | Long intro |
| 1994-02-16 | Till |
| 1994-02-08 | Before, to Byron |
| 1994-02-02 | Poet's word |
| 1994-01-15 | Earlier than |
| 1994-01-10 | Prior, to Prior |
| 1994-01-05 | Up to |
| 1993-12-12 | Rather than, to Cowper |
| 1993-12-07 | Before, in palindromes |
| 1993-12-02 | Before, to bards |