The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ERE , but the solution may also be O’ER which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Poetic preposition crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ERE | 63 % | 3 |
| OER | 17 % | 3 |
| UNTO | 14 % | 4 |
| AFORE | 1 % | 5 |
| ANEAR | 1 % | 5 |
| NEATH | 1 % | 5 |
| O’ER | 1 % | 6 |
| THRO | 1 % | 4 |
| NIGH | 0 % | 4 |
Why may ERE be the right solution?
The answer to "Poetic preposition" is "ERE" because it is a poetic and archaic way of saying "before" or "prior to."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Poetic preposition
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- enjambment
- nigh
- aut
- out
- strand
- stranded
- stranding
- mid
- tho
- ere
- poeticize
- metrify
Crossword Answer definitions
ERE adverb- At an earlier time.
- Before; sooner than.
- Before
- The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- A police informant.
- The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
- The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
- That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle.
- An acroterium.
- A crossette.
- The fruiting body of a grain plant.
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 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 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 UNTO
- "Render therefore __ Caesar"
- Biblical preposition
- Biblical word
- Golden rule word
- "Do __ others ..."
- "For __ us a child ..."
- "For ___ us a child..."
- Golden Rule preposition
- In itself
- Second word of the Golden Rule
More clues leading to the result AFORE
- Previous to
- Prior to, old-style
- Poet's synonym for 73-Across
- Prior to, to Prior
- Earlier, in poetry
- Previously
- Ere
- Previously, archaically
- Previously, to some
- Previously, once
More clues leading to the result ANEAR
- Keep ___ to the ground
- Lend __ (listen)
- Close
- Close, once
- Have ___ to the ground
- Lend ____
- Almost, to Shakespeare
- Bend __ (listen attentively)
- Close by
- What the symphasizer lends
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 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 THRO
- "Comin' __ the Rye"·
- "Comin' __ the Rye"
- Comin' ___ the rye
- Via, archaically
- "Comin' ___ the Rye"
- "As ___ the land at eve we went" (Tennyson)
- By way of, old-style
- "Comin' ___ The Rye" (Robert Burns poem)
- "Comin'___ the Rye"
- "...steadfast ___ the years": "O Canada"