“While pensive poets ____ vigils keep, / Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep” (Alexander Pope) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue “While pensive poets ____ vigils keep, / Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep” (Alexander Pope) last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PAINFUL.

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Crossword Answer For “While pensive poets ____ vigils keep, / Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep” (Alexander Pope):

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PAINFUL “While pensive poets ____ vigils keep, / Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep” (Alexander Pope) (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Aug 30, 2020
4% WATCHFUL Vigilant (8) The Telegraph Quick Aug 14, 2025
4% ALERT Vigilant (5) The Sun Two Speed Aug 3, 2025
3% AVID "He's an ___ reader" (voracious) (4)
3% USERS Manual readers (5) USA Today Sep 3, 2025
3% USER Manual reader (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 2, 2025
3% LENT Gave for a while (4) USA Today Sep 1, 2025
3% BYEBYEBLACKBIRD "Farewell" song in Sleepless in Seattle (15) Newsday Aug 31, 2025
3% LAIDOVER Waited for a while (8) Newsday Aug 30, 2025
3% ODE Pensive poem (3) (3) Puzzler Aug 28, 2025

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