Last seen in:
- The Washington Post - Jul 13 2016
- The Washington Post - May 8 2016
- Wall Street Journal - Aug 29 2014 - August 29, 2014 - Division of Labor
- Wall Street Journal - Mar 4 2011 - March 4, 2011 - Memoirs
- USA Today - Mar 23 2010
- USA Today - Dec 4 2008
- Ink Well xwords - Oct 3 2008
- Universal - Apr 17 2008
- New York Times - Dec 10 1998
- New York Times - Aug 15 1997
Related Clues:
- "Able was --- saw Elba"
- ''Before,'' in literature
- Homophone for ''air''
- Before, quaintly
- Up to, for a poet
- Bard's palindrome
- Before, for a bard
- Fore
- Before, a long time ago
- '___ the long roll of the ages end' (start of an old Irish song)
- First word of Swinburne's "March: An Ode"
- Poet's before
- Before, formerly
- "Able was I ___ I saw . . ."
- Poet Prior's "prior"