Poet's preposition Crossword Clue

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Poet's preposition Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

PREPOSITION (noun)
1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
POET (noun)
1. a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

Hint 2: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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More WSJ Crossword (12/16/2025) Answers

Across

1. Small sluggers’ sport

6. Boxer’s sound

9. Torah teacher

14. Call for the Coast Guard

16. Went too far, maybe

17. Itty bits

18. Size up from med.

19. Whimsically funny

20. Edible tree

23. Fair feature

24. Kind of yoga

25. Dandelion e.g.

26. Sentence determiners, of a sort

28. Edible gelt

34. Like sandpaper

35. Heartless character

37. Real estate unit

38. Duplicates, in a way

42. Neuter

43. Dimwit

44. Caustic cleaner

45. Fails to be

46. Edible fluff

51. Romantic predictors, at times

53. Triangular bone

56. Clear

57. Upper levels of execs, or a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s theme

59. Shade

60. Rhyming homage

61. They may be dire

62. Roswell crashers, briefly

63. According to

64. "Ethyl" ending

65. URL component

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Down

1. Real estate unit

2. Get into hot water, maybe

3. Bejewel, say

4. Restrict

5. Team discourager

6. Web-based service since 1993

7. Rowing race

8. Sudden stream flooding

9. New decor scheme

10. Tell tale thing?

11. What you might go for

12. Deceptively depict

13. Was stuck in traffic

21. Painful struggles

22. Insertion indicators

26. Loos

27. Lab subj.

28. Pixar film set in the Land of the Dead

29. Juice with a kick

30. Bygone black-and-white Post cereal

31. Like some kickoffs

32. Totally pumped

33. Palak paneer go-with

34. Ill-bred fellow

36. WSJ alternative

39. Need after a breakup, perhaps

40. "Atlas Shrugged" author Rand

41. Classic Father’s Day gift

47. Behavioral quirks

48. Mic check

49. Work without ___ (take risks)

50. Famed loch

51. Release, as a podcast episode

52. Congressional staff member

54. Coupe or compact

55. Kibitzer, for example

58. “Society’s Child” singer Janis

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