| Source of inspiration |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2025 |
| Source of inspiration |
Universal |
28 Aug 2025 |
| Cogitate |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Ponder |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Source of creative inspiration |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Calliope, Clio or Erato, for example, in the mythology of 33 Down and 1 Across (4) |
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| Consider inspiring figure (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Source of inspiration (4) |
Mirror Quick |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Ponder |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Figure providing inspiration |
|
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| Consider an inspiring figure (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Source of inspiration (4) |
Mirror Quick |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Get lost in thought |
|
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| Ponder cat's noises when heard |
|
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| Consider an inspiring figure |
Mirror Cryptic |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Artist's help? |
Mirror Quick |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Calliope, e.g. |
Universal |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Consider thoughtfully |
Mirror Tea Time |
19 Apr 2025 |
| To reflect in silence (4) |
|
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| Ponder dreamily |
LA Times Mini |
05 Apr 2025 |
| The ___ (1999 Sharon Stone movie) |
|
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| Band that started off in Showbiz (4) |
|
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| Consider an inspiring figure |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Poet's helper? |
Mirror Quick |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Classical source of inspiration |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Source of inspiration |
Universal |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Think aloud |
New York Times |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Ponder on poetic inspiration (4) |
|
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| Calliope or Terpsichore, eg (4) |
|
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| Inspiring one |
|
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| Maiden to draw upon? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Think quietly about me touring the States (4) |
|
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| Meditate on |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2024 |
| British band featuring singer Matt Bellamy (4) |
|
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| Divine source of artistic inspiration (4) |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
Universal |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Will of the People band |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Oct 2024 |
| An inspiring female (4) |
|
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| Inspiring figure |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Deliberate, reflect |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Writer's inspiration |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Ponder uttering cat sounds (4) |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
Family Time |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Teignmouth stadium rockers (4) |
|
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| Deliberate, reflect |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Artist's inspiration |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Artist's inspiration |
Universal |
07 Aug 2024 |
| Source of inspiration |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Poet's inspiration concealed from us entirely (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Think of me touring the States (4) |
|
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| Think you hear animal cries (4) |
|
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| One of nine goddesses |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Jun 2024 |
| Source of inspiration |
Universal |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Artist's creative inspiration |
New York Times Mini |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Poet's inspiring genius |
|
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| Plug in Baby singers (4) |
The Sun Mini |
27 May 2024 |
| Think or ponder deeply over? |
|
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| Ponder |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 May 2024 |
| 1000 use it, then meditate (4) |
|
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| Ponder |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2024 |
| Think a fabulous female (4) |
|
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| Be absorbed in thought |
|
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| Terpsichore, for example (4) |
|
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| Think about taking me round the States |
|
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| "Knights of Cydonia" band |
|
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| Inspiration |
Commuter |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Silently think about, um, leaving museum (4) |
|
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| Poetic inspiration |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Frida Kahlo to Diego Rivera (and vice versa) |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Cries audibly "Think!" (4) |
|
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| Inspiration |
Commuter |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Clio or Euterpe, say (4) |
|
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| Be deep in thought |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Artist's creative influence |
|
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| Think deeply |
Commuter |
12 Dec 2023 |
| UK rock band fronted by Matthew Bellamy |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Ponder |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Think Calliope is one |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Source of inspiration |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2023 |
| "Supermassive Black Hole" band |
Universal |
26 Aug 2023 |
| Artistic inspiration |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Aug 2023 |
| Ponder |
The Times Concise |
30 Jul 2023 |
| Euterpe, to musicians |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
The Times Concise |
23 Jun 2023 |
| Become absorbed in thought |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2023 |
| Songwriter's inspiration |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Think (over) |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Creative inspiration |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2023 |
| Someone who inspires an artist |
USA Today |
16 May 2023 |
| Artist's inspiration |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2023 |
| Inspiration of whom Clio, Erato and Euterpe are examples |
The Guardian Weekend |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Writer's inspiration (28-Down is one of the mythological nine) |
Family Time |
19 Mar 2023 |
| Think out loud |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Source of inspiration and great power in the writer |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Jan 2023 |
| Inspiration |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Dec 2022 |
| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Inspirational figure's catty comments overheard |
The Guardian Cryptic |
22 Sep 2022 |
| Artist's inspiration |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Aug 2022 |
| Artist's inspiration |
Universal |
19 Aug 2022 |
| Think out loud |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2022 |
| Artists' source of inspiration |
|
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| Poet's inspiration |
|
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| Source of inspiration |
USA Today |
31 May 2022 |
| Painter's inspiration (rhymes with "fuse") |
|
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| Calliope, for one |
The Washington Post |
06 Mar 2022 |
| Calliope, for one |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2022 |
| Terpsichore or Calliope |
New York Times |
07 Jan 2022 |
| Ponder |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Dec 2021 |
| An inspiration even to ombudsmen |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Dec 2021 |
| Ponder (over) |
Universal |
02 Dec 2021 |
| Greek poet's inspiration |
Universal |
28 Nov 2021 |
| Ponder |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Nov 2021 |
| Ponder |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Sep 2021 |
| Artist's inspiration |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Artist's inspiration |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Artistic inspiration |
Universal |
04 Aug 2021 |
| Think meditatively |
Premier Sunday |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Poet's inspiration |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Poet's inspiration |
The Washington Post |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Think (over) |
Newsday |
13 Jul 2021 |
| Inspiration for William Blake (anagram of "emus") |
|
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| Inspiration needed as European problem returns |
|
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| Artist's source of inspiration |
|
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| Creative inspiration |
Universal |
23 Mar 2021 |
| Source of inspiration, for an artist |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
Universal |
13 Mar 2021 |
| 116 Across's inspiration |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Classical nonet member |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Creative inspiration |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Sappho is called the 10th one |
USA Today |
21 Sep 2020 |
| 23-Across, for one |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Artist’s inspiration |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Writer's inspiration |
|
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| Source of inspiration |
Universal |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Creative person's inspiration |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2020 |
| Inspiration for an artist |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Erato, for one |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2020 |
| Erato, for one |
The Washington Post |
22 May 2020 |
| Ponder |
The Washington Post |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Ponder |
LA Times Daily |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Artist's inspiration |
USA Today |
11 Apr 2020 |
| Share a reflection |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Clio or Erato |
Family Time |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Reflect in silence as first of birds goes south |
|
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| Epic poet's inspiration |
Universal |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Think as timid type that's lost love |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Dec 2019 |
| Think she has eight sisters — heavenly! |
|
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| Think carefully |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2019 |
| Ponder upcoming European problem |
|
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| Source of inspiration, to an artist |
|
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| Artist's source of inspiration |
|
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| Writer's inspiration |
Family Time |
22 Sep 2019 |
| Creative inspiration |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Deliberate |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Clio, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Brood makes cat sounds, audibly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Aug 2019 |
| Creative influence |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2019 |
| Deliberate |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2019 |
| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Inspiration |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Jun 2019 |
| THINK |
Universal |
19 Jun 2019 |
| Tom's cries sounded deliberate |
|
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| Inspiration for a poet |
|
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| Clio or Erato |
Universal |
06 May 2019 |
| Deliberate |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Clio or Erato |
|
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| Creative inspiration |
|
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| Deliberate |
|
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| Clio, e.g. |
|
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| Creative influence |
|
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| THINK |
|
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| Erato or Clio |
|
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| Deliberate |
|
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| Any of nine inspirational goddesses |
USA Today |
17 Dec 2018 |
| Inspiring goddess |
The Times Concise |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Erato or Clio |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2018 |
| Inspiration for a poet |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
New York Times |
02 Oct 2018 |
| Reflect |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Aug 2018 |
| Ponder |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2018 |
| Inspiring goddess |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Aug 2018 |
| Ponder |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Aug 2018 |
| Ponder |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Reflect on artist's inspiration |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Guiding spirit or inspiration, or the rock band that sung "Uprising" |
|
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| Think deeply and at length |
Premier Sunday |
15 Apr 2018 |
| Creation inspirer |
Universal |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Clio, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Inspiration for the creative |
Universal |
04 Apr 2018 |
| Source of inspiration |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Feb 2018 |
| Artist's inspiration |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Feb 2018 |
| Ponder one of nine daughters |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Feb 2018 |
| Erato, for one |
Universal |
02 Jan 2018 |
| Any of nine inspirational goddesses |
|
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| Creation inspirer |
|
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| Erato, for one |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Inspiration for the creative |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Ponder on |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2018 |
| Reflect |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2017 |
| Clio or Erato |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2017 |
| Creative person's inspiration |
Universal |
18 Oct 2017 |
| Artistic inspiration |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2017 |
| Calliope or Euterpe |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2017 |
| Artists' inspiration |
Universal |
07 Aug 2017 |
| Group showing creative inspiration |
|
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| Calliope or Clio |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2017 |
| Clio‘s motorway exploit? |
|
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| Artistic inspiration |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2017 |
| Source of inspiration |
The Times Concise |
14 Apr 2017 |
| Ruminate |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2017 |
| Inspiration |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2017 |
| Inspiration source |
|
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| Inspiration |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2017 |
| Writer's inspiration |
Newsday |
16 Jan 2017 |
| Ponder silently |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2017 |
| Artists' inspiration |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Inspiration |
|
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| Calliope or Euterpe |
|
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| Ponder silently |
|
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| Clio or Erato |
|
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| Creative person's inspiration |
|
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| Calliope or Clio |
|
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| Meditate |
Newsday |
06 Dec 2016 |
| The source of an artist's inspiration |
Irish Times Simplex |
01 Dec 2016 |
| Think rodent's wanting what looks like Edam cheese? |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Oct 2016 |
| Think rodent's wanting what looks like Edam cheese? |
|
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| Birds with head down are deep in thought |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Jun 2016 |
| Become absorbed in thought |
New York Times |
04 May 2016 |
| Speculate |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2016 |
| Poet's inspiration |
Family Time |
06 Mar 2016 |
| Clio or Erato |
The Washington Post |
01 Mar 2016 |
| Ponder |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Dec 2015 |
| Inspirational spirit |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Dec 2015 |
| Think over |
Newsday |
23 Nov 2015 |
| Think to entertain, bringing out article |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Writer's inspiration |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2015 |
| She's an inspiration |
Universal |
06 Oct 2015 |
| Ponder, with 'on' |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2015 |
| Artists' inspiration |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2015 |
| Erato or Clio |
Universal |
04 Aug 2015 |
| Source of inspiration |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2015 |
| Artist's inspiration |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2015 |
| Think |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Feb 2015 |
| Polyhymnia, for one |
|
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| She's an inspiration |
|
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| Source of inspiration |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Ponder, with "on" |
|
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| Erato or Clio |
|
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| Inspirational spirit |
|
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| Think over |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Reflect deeply |
|
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| Alt-rock band that released "Hysteria (I Want It Now)" |
|
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| Artists' inspiration |
|
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| Writer's inspiration |
|
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| One of nine? Think! |
|
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| Just think, she may inspire you |
|
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| Think on |
|
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| Calliope, e.g. |
|
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| Artistic inspiration |
|
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| Deliberate |
|
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| Source of inspiration |
|
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| Source of an artist's inspiration |
|
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| Meditate on |
|
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| Deliberate |
|
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| Poet's inspiration |
|
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| Any of nine Greek goddesses of the arts |
|
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| Poet's inspiration |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Artistic inspiration |
|
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| Creative inspiration |
|
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| Meditate |
|
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| One summoned by artists |
|
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| Be reflective |
|
|
| Urania, e.g. |
|
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| Calliope, for one |
|
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| "Black Holes and Revelations" band |
|
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| Clio or Terpsichore, e.g. |
|
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| Inspiration source |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Urania, e.g. |
|
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| Reflect (on) |
|
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| Literary inspiration |
|
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| Poet's inspiration |
|
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| Goddess of the arts |
|
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| What writer's block may block |
|
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| Mental block buster |
|
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| Mental block buster |
|
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| Writer's inspiration |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Reflect (on) |
|
|
| Euterpe, to musicians |
|
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| Ruminate |
|
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| Guiding genius |
|
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| Source of inspiration |
|
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| Euterpe, to musicians |
|
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| Ruminate |
|
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| Opine |
|
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| Source of inspiration |
|
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| Inspiration source |
|
|
| Terpsichore, for one |
|
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| Clio or Erato |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Ruminate |
|
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| Cogitate |
|
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| Artist's inspirer |
|
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| Contemplate |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Creative inspiration |
|
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| Source of inspiration |
|
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| Clio was one |
|
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| Be introspective |
|
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| Artist's "visitor" |
|
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| Melpomene, e.g. |
|
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| Poet's inspiration |
|
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| There's one for dance |
|
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| Meditate over |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Meditate |
|
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| Clio, Erato or Urania, e.g. |
|
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| Guiding genius |
|
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| Creative inspiration |
|
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| Clio, Erato or Urania |
|
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| Woolgather |
|
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| Source of an artist's inspiration |
|
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| Become absorbed in thought |
|
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| Meditate |
|
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| Meditate |
|
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| Artist's "visitor" |
|
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| Mull |
|
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| Calliope, for one |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Artistic inspiration |
|
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| Erato, for one |
|
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| Mull |
|
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| Reflect |
|
|
| Clio, for one |
|
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| Inspiration source |
|
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| Erato or Euterpe |
|
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| Inspiration |
|
|
| Clio or Erato |
|
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| Meditate |
|
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| Erato or Calliope |
|
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| Guiding genius |
|
|
| Clio, e.g. |
|
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| Inspiration |
|
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| Erato or Euterpe |
|
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| Erato or Calliope |
|
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| Euterpe, e.g. |
|
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| Reflect (on) |
|
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| Inspirer |
|
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| Creative inspiration |
|
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| Reflect |
|
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| Inspiration for some |
|
|
| Erato, for one |
|
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| 45 Down, for one |
|
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| Writer's inspiration |
|
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| Clio or Calliope |
|
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| Writer's inspiration |
|
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| Clio or Calliope |
|
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| Inspiration of myth |
|
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| Reflect deeply |
|
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| Cogitate |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Artist's inspiration |
|
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| Ruminate |
|
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| Ponder dreamily |
|
|
| Clio, for one |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Ponder |
|
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| Erato or Clio |
|
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| Inspiring spirit |
|
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| Inspiration of myth |
|
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| Contemplate |
|
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| Inspiration |
|
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| Ponder silently |
|
|
| Cogitate |
|
|
| Erato or Urania |
|
|
| Erato, e.g. |
|
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| Erato, for one |
|
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| Dwell on |
|
|
| Stone role of '99 |
|
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| Daydream |
|
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| Inspiration, maybe |
|
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| Think on |
|
|
| Calliope, e.g. |
|
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| Calliope or Clio |
|
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| Inspiration |
|
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| She's an inspiration |
|
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| Euterpe, e.g. |
|
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| Meditate on |
|
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| Erato for one |
|
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| Calliope, for one |
|
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| Calliope, e.g. |
|
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| Puzzle over |
|
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| Polyhymnia, e.g. |
|
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| Meditate |
|
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| Ruminate |
|
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| Dream |
|
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| Chew (on) |
|
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| Daydream |
|
|
| Urania, e.g. |
|
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| Parnassus figure |
|
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| Reflect |
|
|
| Euterpe or Terpsichore |
|
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| Ponder dreamily |
|
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| Daydream |
|
|
| Thalia, e.g. |
|
|
| Guiding spirit |
|
|
| Calliope, for one |
|
|
| Be in a brown study |
|
|
| Clio, Erato or Urania |
|
|
| Clio, for one |
|
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| Creative spirit |
|
|
| One of Zeus's nine |
|
|
| Euterpe |
|
|
| Erato or Clio |
|
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| Euterpe. |
|
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| Melpomene |
|
|
| Thalia, for one. |
|
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| Ponder. |
|
|
| Think, in a way. |
|
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| Poet's inspiration. |
|
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| Calliope. |
|
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| Clio. |
|
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| Terpsichore. |
|
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| Calliope, for one. |
|
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| One of the Nine. |
|
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| Clio or Thalia. |
|
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| Think deeply and at length. |
|
|
| Poet's genius. |
|
|
| Thalia. |
|
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| Inspiring goddess. |
|
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| Think deeply. |
|
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| Source of inspiration. |
|
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| Thalia or Clio. |
|
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| Urania or Clio. |
|
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| Think upon. |
|
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| Be in a brown study. |
|
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| "O for a ___ of fire!"—King Henry V. |
|
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| Meditate. |
|
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| Ruminate. |
|
|
| Clio, for one. |
|
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| Polyhymnia. |
|
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| Melpomene, for one. |
|
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| Clio, for instance. |
|
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| Reflect. |
|
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| Dream. |
|
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| Melpomene. |
|
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