Above, to a bard

The answer

OER

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Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OER

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

• "-- the ramparts ..." - used 357 times, most recently in 2026
• Not 'neath - used 186 times, most recently in 2026
• "-- the fields we go" - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
• Anthem contraction - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic contraction - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the land of the free ..." - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the ramparts we watched ..." - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of 'neath - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic preposition - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
• Above, poetically - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Anthem preposition - used 44 times, most recently in 2019
• Above, in verse - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Star-Spangled Banner" contraction - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Done, to Donne - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
• "Jingle Bells" contraction - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Atop, poetically - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Star-Spangled Banner" preposition - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Key contraction - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Poet's preposition - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• The Who's "Love Reign ___ Me" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Above, to poets - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
• National anthem contraction - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Above, in poetry - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Bard's "above" - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Poet's contraction - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic word - used 17 times, most recently in 1992
• Above, in odes - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Star-Spangled Banner" preposition - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• Above, in poems - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Above, to a poet - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Contraction in "The Star-Spangled Banner" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Jingle Bells" preposition - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Above, to Key - used 12 times, most recently in 2000
• Key preposition - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Above, in poesy - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Above: Poet. - used 10 times, most recently in 1998
• Poet's word - used 10 times, most recently in 2001
• "__ the fields ..." - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• 'Neath's opposite - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Above, to bards - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Above, to Shakespeare - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Atop, in verse - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Bard's preposition - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Poetic "above" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ the fields we go, laughing all the way" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Atop, in odes - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Atop, to poets - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Finish'd - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Neath's opposite - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Poet's "above" - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• "Quadrophenia" song "Love, Reign ___ Me" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the land . . . " - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Contraction in "Jingle Bells" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Not neath - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Opposite of "neath" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic "over." - used 7 times, most recently in 1959
• Star Spangled Banner contraction - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• " ___ the ramparts we ..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Across, in verse - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Anthem word - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• On top of, in poetry - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• Before, to a bard - ERE, used 71 times
• Before, to the Bard - ERE, used 49 times
• Key above Caps Lock - TAB, used 46 times
• Rank above cpl. - SGT, used 38 times
• Key above ~ - ESC, used 26 times
• Above-the-street trains - ELS, used 23 times

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