The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word OER , but the solution may also be ‘TIS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Poetic contraction crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OER | 21 % | 3 |
| EER | 20 % | 3 |
| TIS | 18 % | 3 |
| EEN | 18 % | 3 |
| NEER | 13 % | 4 |
| TWAS | 6 % | 4 |
| TIL | 1 % | 3 |
| TWERE | 1 % | 5 |
| ERE | 1 % | 3 |
| NEATH | 0 % | 5 |
| TWIXT | 0 % | 5 |
| E’ER | 0 % | 6 |
| YON | 0 % | 3 |
| OPED | 0 % | 4 |
| O’ER | 0 % | 6 |
| ‘TIS | 0 % | 6 |
| OPE | 0 % | 3 |
Why may TIS be the right solution?
"TIS" is a contraction of "it is" commonly used in poetry, making it the correct answer for the clue "Poetic contraction".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Poetic contraction
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- elision
- yon
- twas
- ear
- eve
- foot
- iris
- keel
- light
- list
- ode
- poe
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result OER
- "__ the ramparts ..."
- Above, in verse
- Anthem adverb
- Anthem contraction
- Bard's preposition
- Key contraction
- Not 'neath
- On high, in poesy
- Poet's preposition
- Pound's preposition
More clues leading to the result EER
- Perpetually, poetically
- Car or chariot ending
- Always, to Keats
- Auction finale?
- Ballad ending?
- Chariot attachment?
- Election chaser
- Eternally, to poets
- Market close
- Mountain attachment
More clues leading to the result TIS
- "__ the season ..."
- "___ the season..."
- Coleridge's contraction
- Poet's contraction
- "___ in my memory lock'd": Ophelia
- Frank McCourt title
- "___ the season to be ..."
- Frank McCourt memoir
- Poetic contraction
- "Aye"
More clues leading to the result EEN
- Dusk, to Donne
- Late-October date suffix
- Late-October suffix
- Moreover, in poesy
- Night, in poetry
- October 31 suffix
- Poet's dusk
- Poetic contraction
- Poetic dusk
- Velvet finish?
More clues leading to the result NEER
- Not e'en once
- Poetic contraction
- ___-do-well
- ____-do-well
- "___ the twain shall meet"
- ___-do-well (slacker)
- __-do-well
- Opposite of alway
- "He ___ is crowned with immortality / Who fears to follow where airy voices lead" (Keats)
- "Such heavenly touches ___ touch'd earthly faces" (Shakespeare)
More clues leading to the result TWAS
- "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener
- "__ the night before ..."
- Clement C. Moore opener
- Holiday verse starter
- "___ the Night..."
- Christmas poem beginning
- Moore opening
- Holiday poem starter
- "Jabberwocky" start
- "Jabberwocky" opener
More clues leading to the result TIL
- "Shop __ You Drop"
- "___ death do us part."
- Pop group ____ Thursday
- Rock group ___ Tuesday
- Up to
- Up to the time, poetically
- "Shop ___ You Drop"
- Sesame seed
- "Shop '__ You Drop"
- Sesame
More clues leading to the result TWERE
- "To know my deed, ___ best not know myself": Macbeth
- Shakespearean contraction
- Quaint contraction
- "O, that __ possible...": Tennyson
- Contraction that's an "i" dropper
- Poetic contraction
- Poetic contraction.
- Relative of 'twas.
- "___ well it were done quickly."
- Poetic verb.
More clues leading to the result ERE
- Before, to a 7-Down
- "... __ I saw Elba"
- "Able was I __ ..."
- Bard's before
- Before, once
- Before, to Browning
- Before, to Burns
- Before, to Keats
- I-I linkup, in a palindrome
- Long introduction?
More clues leading to the result NEATH
- Not o'er
- Under
- Below, in poetry
- Opposite of "o'er"
- Below, in poems
- Below, to a bard
- Under, to Byron
- Opposite of o'er
- O'er's opposite
- Under, in verse
More clues leading to the result TWIXT
- Between
- In the middle of
- Between, to bards
- "...many a slip ___..."
- "There's many a slip ___ ..."
- Between, to a bard
- Between, in poetry
- Between, to a poet
- Tween's partner?
- In the middle
More clues leading to the result E’ER
More clues leading to the result YON
- Over there
- Hither's partner
- "Round ___ Virgin Mother ..."
- Hardly hither
- Hither and ___
- Hither's opposite
- Over there, quaintly
- Not hither
- Thither
- Distant
More clues leading to the result OPED
- Newspaper pg.
- Newspaper page
- Type of column
- Type of page
- Guest columnist's piece
- Guest essay
- Newspaper section
- Page with commentary
- Commentators' page
- Page for columnists
More clues leading to the result O’ER
- Poetic contraction
- Above, in odes
- Not ‘neath
- “Jingle Bells” contraction
- “___ the ramparts we watched …”
- “Come ___ the Sea” (Thomas Moore poem)
- Poetic preposition
- Above, in poetry
- “__ the land of the free … ”
- Opposite of ‘neath
More clues leading to the result ‘TIS
- “__ but a scratch”
- “___ the season …”
- “__ the season … ”
- “___ but a scratch”
- “___ better to have loved and lost …”
- Carol contraction
- Poetic contraction
- “Ah yes, yes indeed”
- Sonneteer’s contraction
- “__ better to have loved and lost … ”