"But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove out of sight ... "

The answer

ERE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERE answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ERE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ERE, most used first.

• Before - used 733 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, poetically - used 277 times, most recently in 2026
• Afore - used 244 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic preposition - used 230 times, most recently in 2026
• Bard's "before" - used 218 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, in poetry - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
• Prior to - used 173 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, in verse - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, in poems - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
• "... ___ he drove out of sight" - used 114 times, most recently in 2025
• Palindromic preposition - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, to Byron - used 108 times, most recently in 2025
• Before, to bards - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, of yore - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, before - used 97 times, most recently in 2025
• Poet's "before" - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic "before" - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Poet's preposition - used 75 times, most recently in 2023
• Before, to a bard - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Prior to, poetically - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• "... ___ I saw Elba" - used 64 times, most recently in 2019
• Sooner than. - used 64 times, most recently in 2022
• Before, once - used 62 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic palindrome - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Prior to, to Prior - used 51 times, most recently in 2023
• Before, to the Bard - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, to Burns - used 45 times, most recently in 2010
• Previous to - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Before, to poets - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, to a poet - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic word - used 41 times, most recently in 1998
• "Able was I ___..." - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, in poesy - used 39 times, most recently in 2015
• Preceding - used 39 times, most recently in 2016
• Rather than. - used 35 times, most recently in 2005
• Prior to, in poetry - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Byron's "before" - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
• Bard's preposition - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Before, to Shakespeare - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Palindromic "before" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Prior to, in verse - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Homophone for air - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Prior to, in poems - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary "before" - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
• Preposition in poetry - used 24 times, most recently in 2013
• 'Fore - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Before, in odes - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Before: Poet. - used 21 times, most recently in 2002
• Before, to Browning - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
• Palindromist's preposition - used 21 times, most recently in 2007
• Poet's word - used 21 times, most recently in 2006
• Two-way preposition - used 21 times, most recently in 2010
• Before, to Keats - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Poetic conjunction - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Before, in a poem - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• In advance of - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• It may come before long - used 17 times, most recently in 2013
• Palindromic poetic preposition - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Prior, to Prior - used 17 times, most recently in 2010
• "Look ___ ye leap" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Poet's palindrome - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Before, in sonnets - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Cockney's "present." - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Earlier than - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Palindromic word - used 14 times, most recently in 1993
• "... __ the set of sun": "Macbeth" - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Before, long ago - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Browning's before - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Homophone for heir - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Palindromic conjunction - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Before, in a sonnet - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, in ballads - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Before, old-style - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• "... ___ he rode out of sight ..." - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Long intro? - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Long introduction? - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Ode preposition - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Palindrome center - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Previously, in poetry - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Two-way poetic preposition - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Before, in old poetry - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, in verses - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, to Shelley - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• It sounds like "air" - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• "Maid of Athens, ___ we part": Byron - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Anteceding - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Obsolete preposition - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Poet's palindromic preposition - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Versifier's "before" - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" (Napoleon-inspired palindrome) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Archaic preposition - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• "I heard him exclaim, __ he drove out of sight..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Sonnet preposition - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Ahead of, in verse - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Before, in ballades - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, in palindromes - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• "Blood hath been shed ___ now": Macbeth - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Hitherto - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "I kiss'd thee ___ I kill'd thee": Othello - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• It comes before long - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Long lead-in - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Obsolete palindromic preposition - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Poetic contraction - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Prior to, to poets - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Quaint "before" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Sooner than, in poetry - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "We'll teach you to drink deep ___ you depart": Hamlet - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Able was I __ I..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Before, either way - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Before, palindromically - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Before, to Blake - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Before, to Dickinson - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• I - I connector of palindromic fame - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• James Whitcomb Riley's "___ I Went Mad" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Lead-in to long - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Long beginning? - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Middle of a famous palindrome - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Old preposition - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Poet's "prior to" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Preceding, poetically - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Prior, to poets - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Prior to, to a poet - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Up 'til - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Aforetime - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Bard's "prior to" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Bardic before - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Before, bard-style - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Before, for a bard - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Before, in an ode - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Before, in old poems - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Before, in rhyme - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Before, quaintly - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Before, to a sonneteer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Before" to poets of old - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Byronic "before" - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• "... __ he drove out of sight": Moore - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Literary preposition - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Lyrical preposition - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Poetic adverb - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Previously - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Previously, in poems - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Previously, poetically - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Shakespearean preposition - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Versifier's preposition - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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• Just out - NEW, used 146 times
• Scratch (out) - EKE, used 125 times

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