"Before," in a poem Crossword Clue

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"Before," in a poem Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

BEFORE (adverb)
1. earlier in time; previously
2. at or in the front
POEM (noun)
1. a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

Hint 2: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (6/20/2025) Answers

Across

1. "Looks like it's settled!"

16. Cultural attraction in London's Covent Garden neighborhood

17. Campaign reminder

18. Brief moment in time

19. Medical drama sites, for short

20. Queen Elizabeth II owned over 30 of them

21. Sound from a crib

24. Concave cooking items

25. One side of a list

26. K

27. ___ Jung-jae, Emmy-winning star of "Squid Game"

30. Sci-fi droid, familiarly

32. Crux

34. Go about

35. Loose items in a purse, perhaps

36. Reddit rule enforcers

37. Retro means of communication

39. Variety of violet

40. Jaden Smith, to Will Smith

41. Torn

42. Hairstyles that can be "messy"

43. Leaning

44. Like Greenland

46. Part of many a car's dashboard

49. "You can no more win a ___ than you can win an earthquake": Jeannette Rankin

50. Trendy

52. Nonchalant comeback

56. Very, very close

57. Everybody's talking about it

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Down

1. "___ jolie!"

2. Appear overprotective, say

3. Mate's reply

4. Natural pitch

5. Olympian Raisman

6. They're long stories

7. Mushroom-to-be

8. Makes slick

10. Masked bandits?

11. In a state

12. Offerings at colleges and museums

13. Was suspended

14. Bubbly option

15. Model Holliday

22. Trudge

23. What "2" can stand for

24. Puppy's plaint

26. Spoil

27. This is the greatest part!

28. Winds up

29. Its first sale was a flamingo-print zip pouch for $8

30. Pet sayings?

31. Caramel-filled sweet

32. Idly dreams

33. Dweller near Dubai

35. Moves slightly closer, as a baseball fielder

38. Preceding

39. "I was reading a book about mazes ... I got lost in it," e.g.

42. Big name in bookstores

43. Coffee roaster's creation

44. Writer with a monument in Florence's Piazza Santa Croce

45. Request by those under 21

46. Munch

47. Actor Paul of "12 Years a Slave"

48. Mix up

49. "OMG!," in a modern spelling

51. Little annoyance

53. Clock standard: Abbr.

54. T-Mobile competitor, for short

55. "Old what's-___-name"

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