Poet of old
The crossword clue "Poet of old" is answered by BARD, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BARD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BARD answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BARD
Every other clue in this collection answered by BARD, most used first.
- Poet - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Shakespeare, for one - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Versifier - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Minstrel - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
- Poet of yore - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- The __ of Avon (Shakespeare) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Troubadour - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ of Avon (Shakespeare) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Shakespeare, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Shakespeare, with "the" - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- The ___ of Avon - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Exalted poet - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Medieval entertainer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Minstrel poet - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Poet-singer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Poet Teasdale - SARA, used 285 times
- Poet Pound - EZRA, used 239 times
- Roman poet - OVID, used 146 times
- "Metamorphoses" poet - OVID, used 136 times
- Poet St. Vincent Millay - EDNA, used 131 times
- Poet Angelou - MAYA, used 118 times
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