In advance of

The answer

ERE

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

Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• PRIORTO (6 uses in xd)
• BEFORE (3 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove out of sight ... " - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "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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