| -- -do-well |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Jan 2026 |
| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
07 Dec 2025 |
| __-do-well |
Commuter |
10 Nov 2025 |
| Poet's "at no time" |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2025 |
| ___-do-well |
TV |
21 Sep 2025 |
| "__ was flattery lost on poet's ear": Scott |
Newsday |
13 Sep 2025 |
| ___-do-well (irresponsible one) |
|
|
| On no occasion, poetically |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Aug 2025 |
| "What, will these hands ___ be clean?": Lady Macbeth |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Aug 2025 |
| -- -do-well |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jul 2025 |
| a" -do-well |
|
|
| Poetically 'not ever' |
|
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| ___-do-well |
Wall Street Journal |
05 May 2025 |
| Bard's adverb |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2025 |
| ___-do-well; bum |
|
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| ___-do-well (irresponsible one) |
|
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| __-do-well |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2025 |
| ____ the twain shall meet |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Feb 2025 |
| ___-do-well |
New York Times Mini |
04 Feb 2025 |
| E'er's opposite |
|
|
| Not once, in verse |
|
|
| At no point, poetically; 26 Down (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Dec 2024 |
| ___-do-well |
Universal |
06 Dec 2024 |
| At no time, in poetry |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Dec 2024 |
| At no time - even briefly |
|
|
| At no time, once |
|
|
| At no time, poetically |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Oct 2024 |
| At no point in time |
|
|
| "Do-well" prelude |
|
|
| At no time, poetically |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Not ever, in poetry |
|
|
| - -do-well |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Aug 2024 |
| __-do-well (rogue) |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2024 |
| At no time for a 33 Across |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Jul 2024 |
| Not ever, in poems |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Never, poetically contracted? |
|
|
| - -do-well |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 May 2024 |
| Never in verse |
|
|
| Never to a poet |
|
|
| ___ a truer word spoken (4) |
|
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| At no time, in odes |
|
|
| __-do-well |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Not ever, in verse |
|
|
| " and _ the twain shall meet" |
|
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| ___-do-well (irresponsible one) |
|
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| Not once, of old |
|
|
| Opposite of alway |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2024 |
| ___-do-well; deadbeat |
|
|
| At no time, in poetry |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2024 |
| ___-do-well |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2023 |
| At no time, in poetry |
Family Time |
10 Sep 2023 |
| When Romeo says he 'saw true beauty' before seeing Juliet |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2023 |
| ___-do-well |
Wall Street Journal |
10 May 2023 |
| Frankenstein tale -- huge money-spinner ultimately? Not for Shelley |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Mar 2023 |
| ___-do-well |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2023 |
| __-do-well |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2023 |
| ___-do-well (irresponsible one) |
|
|
| — -do-well |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jan 2023 |
| __-do-well |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2022 |
| __-do-well (rascal) |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2022 |
| — -do-well |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Aug 2022 |
| Not once, in poems |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2022 |
| — -do-well |
Premier Sunday |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Start to do-well? |
Universal |
18 Jan 2022 |
| — -do-well |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Dec 2021 |
| ___-do-well |
Family Time |
12 Dec 2021 |
| ''Will these hands __ be clean?'': Lady Macbeth |
Newsday |
01 Oct 2021 |
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| Alway's opposite |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2021 |
| ''... cast a clout 'til May be out', it's said (2'2) |
Irish Times Simplex |
06 Sep 2021 |
| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Poetic contraction |
The Washington Post |
29 Aug 2021 |
| ___-do-well (irresponsible one) |
|
|
| 'I ___ saw true beauty till this night': Romeo |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2021 |
| — -do-well |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jul 2021 |
| __-do-well |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2021 |
| __-do-well |
The Washington Post |
28 Apr 2021 |
| — -do-well |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Apr 2021 |
| When pigs fly? Sure enough about grasping it |
|
|
| — -do-well (idle sort) |
Premier Sunday |
21 Mar 2021 |
| At no time, in old times |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2021 |
| At no time, in old times |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2021 |
| — -do-well |
Premier Sunday |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Poetic contraction |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2021 |
| "... ___ the twain shall meet" |
Family Time |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Not e'en once |
LA Times Daily |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Not e'en once |
The Washington Post |
24 Nov 2020 |
| "... and ___ the twain shall meet" |
Family Time |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Shakespearean contraction |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Not even once (contraction) |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
Universal |
30 May 2020 |
| "In thy dreams!" |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2020 |
| 'In thy dreams!' |
The Washington Post |
22 May 2020 |
| Up to |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2020 |
| ___-do-well (idler) |
|
|
| 'What, will these hands ___ be clean?': Lady Macbeth |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Aug 2019 |
| Opposite of 'alway' |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2019 |
| Opposite of alway |
Premier Sunday |
07 Jul 2019 |
| ___-do-well (loafer) |
USA Today |
25 May 2019 |
| Start to do well? |
New York Times |
08 May 2019 |
| __-do-well |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2019 |
| At no time, to bards |
Premier Sunday |
21 Apr 2019 |
| At no time, poetically |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2019 |
| At no time, poetically |
The Washington Post |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Tennyson turndown |
Newsday |
13 Apr 2019 |
| At no time, in verse |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2019 |
| __-do-well (rogue) |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2019 |
| — -do-well (idler) |
Premier Sunday |
24 Mar 2019 |
| "What, will these hands __ be clean?": Lady Macbeth |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2019 |
| 'What, will these hands __ be clean?': Lady Macbeth |
The Washington Post |
21 Feb 2019 |
| Opposite of "alway" |
|
|
| ___-do-well (loafer) |
|
|
| "What, will these hands ___ be clean?": Lady Macbeth |
|
|
| "What, will these hands __ be clean?": Lady Macbeth |
|
|
| At no time, poetically |
|
|
| Start to do well? |
|
|
| At no time, in verse |
|
|
| Poetic negative |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2018 |
| Poetic negative |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2018 |
| '... and ___ the twain shall meet' |
New York Times |
19 Nov 2018 |
| Not even once, poetically |
Universal |
06 Nov 2018 |
| ___-do-well |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
02 Nov 2018 |
| "... and ___ the twain ..." |
Universal |
16 Oct 2018 |
| ___-do-well |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2018 |
| -- -do-well |
Premier Sunday |
16 Sep 2018 |
| 'What, will these hands ___ be clean?': Lady Macbeth |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2018 |
| -do-well |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Aug 2018 |
| '... ___ the twain shall meet' |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2018 |
| "___ the twain shall meet" |
Universal |
22 Jul 2018 |
| At no time, if you're 350 |
Universal |
11 Jul 2018 |
| Not e'en once |
New York Times |
10 Jun 2018 |
| ''Ambition . . . __ looks back'': Jonson |
Newsday |
19 May 2018 |
| At no time, poetically |
Universal |
18 May 2018 |
| ___-do-well (irresponsible one) |
|
|
| Do-well type? |
Universal |
22 Apr 2018 |
| At no time, to poets |
Premier Sunday |
15 Apr 2018 |
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| Aye's opposite, poetically |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2018 |
| Not once, poetically |
Universal |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Do-well type? |
|
|
| "... and ___ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| "What, will these hands ___ be clean?": Lady Macbeth |
|
|
| Not e'en once |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| "___ the twain shall meet" |
|
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| ___-do-well |
|
|
| At no time, if you're 350 |
|
|
| "... and ___ the twain ..." |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| "... ___ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| Not even once, poetically |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| At no time, poetically |
|
|
| Poetic negative |
|
|
| Not e'en once |
|
|
| Beginning to do well? |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2017 |
| "... ___ the twain shall ..." |
Universal |
16 Dec 2017 |
| "... and ___ the twain shall meet" |
Universal |
08 Sep 2017 |
| "... ___ the twain shall meet" |
Universal |
20 Aug 2017 |
| "... and ___ the twain shall ..." |
Universal |
14 Aug 2017 |
| __-do-well (rascal) |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2017 |
| "Do-well" intro |
Family Time |
10 Jul 2017 |
| Not a single time, in old poems |
Universal |
09 Jul 2017 |
| "Do-well" intro |
Universal |
09 Jun 2017 |
| Contraction lacking just a 'v' |
New York Times |
14 May 2017 |
| "___ the twain shall meet" |
Family Time |
30 Apr 2017 |
| At no time, to bards |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2017 |
| At no time, to bards |
The Washington Post |
03 Apr 2017 |
| Not e'en once |
|
|
| 'When hell freezeth over!' |
The Washington Post |
26 Jan 2017 |
| "Do-well" start |
Universal |
23 Jan 2017 |
| __-do-well |
|
|
| "Do-well" intro |
|
|
| Not a single time, in old poems |
|
|
| "... ___ the twain shall ..." |
|
|
| Beginning to do well? |
|
|
| At no time, to bards |
|
|
| Contraction lacking just a "v" |
|
|
| "... ___ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| "... and ___ the twain shall ..." |
|
|
| "... and ___ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| Poetic adverb |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2016 |
| __-do-well (scamp) |
Newsday |
31 Oct 2016 |
| ''__ the rose without the thorn'': Herrick |
Newsday |
30 Sep 2016 |
| Not e'en a single time |
Premier Sunday |
17 Jul 2016 |
| Aye's opposite, poetically |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2016 |
| Contraction missing a V |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2016 |
| ___-do-well |
Wall Street Journal |
14 May 2016 |
| Not e'en once |
Universal |
07 May 2016 |
| -- -do-well |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Apr 2016 |
| At no time, to poets |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2016 |
| __-do-well |
Universal |
10 Apr 2016 |
| -- -do-well (idle person) |
Premier Sunday |
10 Apr 2016 |
| At no time, to poets |
Universal |
08 Apr 2016 |
| At no time, poetically |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2016 |
| 'Success is counted sweetest / By those who ___ succeed': Emily Dickinson |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2016 |
| ___-do-well (slacker) |
Jonesin |
26 Jan 2016 |
| Adverb with an apostrophe |
The Washington Post |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Contraction missing a V |
|
|
| At no time, to poets |
|
|
| "Success is counted sweetest / By those who ___ succeed": Emily Dickinson |
|
|
| Aye's opposite, poetically |
|
|
| "In thy dreams!" |
|
|
| ". . . and ___ the twain shall meet" |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2015 |
| ___-do-well |
The Washington Post |
30 Nov 2015 |
| Not once, poetically |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2015 |
| Not even a single time, poetically |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2015 |
| At no time, in poems |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jun 2015 |
| Elided adverb |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2015 |
| Aye's opposite |
Newsday |
09 May 2015 |
| Do-well intro |
USA Today |
04 May 2015 |
| "___ the twain shall meet" |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2015 |
| When Romeo says he 'saw true beauty' before seeing Juliet |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2015 |
| ''... and ___ the twain shall meet'' |
Family Time |
16 Jan 2015 |
| 'A fuller blast ___ shook our battlements': 'Othello' |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2015 |
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| "What, will these hands ___ be clean?": Lady Macbeth |
|
|
| Aye's opposite |
|
|
| __-do-well |
|
|
| Elided adverb |
|
|
| At no time, in poems |
|
|
| "What, will these hands __ be clean?": Lady Macbeth |
|
|
| Do-well intro |
|
|
| Not even a single time, poetically |
|
|
| Not once, poetically |
|
|
| "A woman is a foreign land ... a man will ___ quite understand" (Coventry Patmore) |
|
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| -- -do-well |
|
|
| Not once, poetically |
|
|
| Bard's contraction |
|
|
| __-do-well |
|
|
| Not e'en a single time |
|
|
| ". . . and ___ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| "___ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| When Romeo says he "saw true beauty" before seeing Juliet |
|
|
| "Faint heart ___ won fair lady" |
|
|
| "A fuller blast ___ shook our battlements": "Othello" |
|
|
| At no time, in verse |
|
|
| Opposite of alway |
|
|
| Start to do well? |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| ___-do-well (scoundrel) |
|
|
| "___ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| "What, will these hands __ be clean?": Lady Macbeth |
|
|
| Opposite of alway |
|
|
| -- -do-well (idle type) |
|
|
| ___-do-well (good-for-nothing) |
|
|
| ___-do-well (slacker) |
|
|
| Do-well starter |
|
|
| Opposite of alway |
|
|
| Poet's "at no time" |
|
|
| "When hell freezeth over!" |
|
|
| At no time, in verse |
|
|
| ". . . ___ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| Aye's opposite, in verse |
|
|
| "So sweet was ___ so fatal": Othello |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
|
|
| At no time, in rhyme |
|
|
| "Do-well" intro |
|
|
| Not e'en once |
|
|
| Poetic adverb |
|
|
| Not once, in poetry |
|
|
| Poet's adverb |
|
|
| "Oh, thou did'st then __ love so heartily": Shak. |
|
|
| Poetic negative |
|
|
| "Ambition, like a torrent, __ looks back": Jonson |
|
|
| -- -do-well (idle sort) |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| Poet's adverb |
|
|
| Alway's opposite |
|
|
| "___ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| Poetic adverb |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
|
|
| "When pigs flyeth!" |
|
|
| "Oh, thou did'st then __ love so heartily": Shak. |
|
|
| Not e'en once |
|
|
| "When pigs flyeth!" |
|
|
| "__ the rose without the thorn": Herrick |
|
|
| At no time, in verse |
|
|
| At no time, poetically |
|
|
| Literary adverb |
|
|
| At no time, in verse |
|
|
| Start to do well? |
|
|
| Poetic negative |
|
|
| "The all-seeing sun ___ saw her match since first the world begun": Romeo |
|
|
| Poet's adverb |
|
|
| __-do-well |
|
|
| __-do-well |
|
|
| Not at any time, in verse |
|
|
| "Thy love __ alter . . .": Shak. |
|
|
| "For I ___ saw true beauty till this night": Romeo |
|
|
| Not at any time, in verse |
|
|
| At no time, poetically |
|
|
| __ -do-well |
|
|
| __-do-well (scamp) |
|
|
| "I ___ saw true beauty till this night": Romeo |
|
|
| "I ___ saw this before": Desdemona |
|
|
| Thomas Moore's "___ Ask the Hour" |
|
|
| Not once, poetically |
|
|
| "...___ the twain shall meet" |
|
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| At no time, to bards |
|
|
| When pigs fly, to poets |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2009 |
| When hell freezes over, in verse |
|
|
| Alway's antonym |
|
|
| Not once, to a poet |
|
|
| "What oft was thought but __ so well express'd": Pope |
|
|
| At no time, to Tennyson |
|
|
| Poetic opposite of always |
|
|
| "What oft was thought but __ so well express'd": Pope |
|
|
| When hell freezes over, in verse |
|
|
| When pigs fly, poetically |
|
|
| Literary adverb |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| Not e'en once |
|
|
| Apostrophized adverb |
|
|
| Alway's opposite |
|
|
| "Success is counted sweetest by those who ___ succeed": Emily Dickinson |
|
|
| Example of poetic syncope |
|
|
| "__ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| Opposite of alway |
|
|
| At no time, in poetry |
|
|
| When pigs fly, poetically |
|
|
| Poet's adverb |
|
|
| Not e'en once |
|
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| At no time, in poetry |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
|
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| At no time, in poetry |
|
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| Not even once, in a poem |
|
|
| __-do-well |
|
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| Not e'en once |
|
|
| Do-well intro |
|
|
| Not once, poetically |
|
|
| Not at all for Tennyson or Wordsworth |
|
|
| ____-do-well |
|
|
| Less than seldom, poetically |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
|
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| At no time, poetically |
|
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| Less than seldom, poetically |
|
|
| At no time, in verse |
|
|
| Start to do well? |
|
|
| -- -do-well (idler) |
|
|
| -- -do-well (loafer) |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
|
|
| ". . . would thou hadst ___ been born" ("Othello") |
|
|
| When pigs fly, to poets |
|
|
| Alway's antonym |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
|
|
| Literary adverb |
|
|
| At no time, to poets |
|
|
| Bard's adverb |
|
|
| Pawn |
|
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| Not e'en once |
|
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| When pigs fly, to a poet |
|
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| Not e'en once |
|
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| Not e'en once |
|
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| At no time, poetically |
|
|
| Not even once, to a poet |
|
|
| Not e'en once |
|
|
| __-do-well |
|
|
| Literary adverb |
|
|
| "We shall ___ be younger": Shakespeare |
|
|
| "Faint heart ___ won ..." |
|
|
| __ -do-well |
|
|
| Not once, for poets |
|
|
| __ -do-well |
|
|
| Poetic adverb |
|
|
| Beginning to do-well? |
|
|
| Opposite of alway |
|
|
| ___ -do-well |
|
|
| ___-do-well |
|
|
| Opposite of alway |
|
|
| ___ -do-well |
|
|
| Opposite of alway |
|
|
| Not even once, poetically |
|
|
| ___ -do-well |
|
|
| At no time, poetically |
|
|
| Poetic adverb |
|
|
| Poetic word whose antonym is formed by dropping its first letter |
|
|
| Not e'en once |
|
|
| Opposite of 12 Down |
|
|
| At no time, in verse |
|
|
| "... and _____ the twain shall meet" |
|
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| At no time, in poetry |
|
|
| __-do-well |
|
|
| Poetic negative |
|
|
| "...would thou hadst ___ been born" ("Othello") |
|
|
| Do-well leader |
|
|
| ___ do-well |
|
|
| Beginning to do-well |
|
|
| Alway antonym |
|
|
| Not ever briefly |
|
|
| At no time, to Thomas Moore |
|
|
| "...and _____ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| Opposite of always poetically |
|
|
| Poetic negative |
|
|
| Opposite of "alway" |
|
|
| Not ever, poetically |
|
|
| Literary adverb |
|
|
| "Would thou hadst ___ been born" ("Othello") |
|
|
| At no time, in poetry |
|
|
| ____ -do-well |
|
|
| Not ever, poetically |
|
|
| ___ -do-well |
|
|
| Not once, to Noyes |
|
|
| ___ - do-well |
|
|
| At no time, to a bard |
|
|
| ____-do-well |
|
|
| A poetic contraction |
|
|
| Not e'er |
|
|
| At no time, to Dryden |
|
|
| "...and ___ the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
|
|
| No way! to Burns |
|
|
| Poet's adverb |
|
|
| At no time, to poets |
|
|
| Do-well starter |
|
|
| Poet's contraction |
|
|
| Do-well intro |
|
|
| ____- do-well |
|
|
| "___the twain shall meet" |
|
|
| _____-do-well |
|
|
| ___ -do-well |
|
|
| Never: poet. |
|
|
| ___ do-well |
|
|
| ____-do-well |
|
|
| ____-do-well (good for nothing) |
|
|
| "_____ was the sky so deep a hue": Warner |
|
|
| Not aye |
|
|
| ___ -do-well |
|
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| At no time, to Shelley |
|
|
| Dutch landscape painter |
|
|
| Never, to Noyes |
|
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| Not ever, to Blake |
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| Poet's "at no time" |
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| At no time, to Keats |
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| At no time, to bards |
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| ___- do-well |
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| Never, poetically |
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| Never, to Keats |
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| Opposite of 91 Down |
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| Poet's "never" |
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| Absolutely not, poetically |
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| Not e'er |
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| Do-well predecessor |
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| "Two of one trade ___ love": Dekker |
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| Bard's negative |
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| At no time, to Tennyson |
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| At no time, to Synge |
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| At no time: Poetic |
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| At no time, in poesy |
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| At no time: Poet. |
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| "Sour grapes can ___ make sweet wine" |
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| "Two at a trade can ___ agree": Gay |
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| Opposite of e'er |
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| Poetic word |
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| Kind of do-well |
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| "Faint heart ___ won . . . " |
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| Poet's word |
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| No time for poets |
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| " . . . ___ won fair lady" |
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| Poet's contraction |
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| Not e'er. |
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| "Such heavenly touches ___ touch'd earthly faces" (Shakespeare) |
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| "He ___ is crowned with immortality / Who fears to follow where airy voices lead" (Keats) |
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| Poetic negative. |
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| At no time, to Auden |
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| ___-do-well |
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| Not in the least: Contr. |
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| ___-do-well. |
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| Poetic contraction. |
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| See 66 Across. |
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| Poetic adverb. |
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| Antonym of 5 Down. |
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| Poet's "not once." |
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| See 64 Across. |
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| Not ever: Poet. |
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| Poetic short form. |
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| Poetic "never." |
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| Not at all, to poets. |
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| One-syllable not ever. |
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| Not at all: Poet. |
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| Poetic never. |
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| Not once: Poet. |
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| At no time. |
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| At no time: contraction. |
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| Poetic contraction |
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