| Prior to Prior | 14 |
| Previously, to Browning | 23 |
| Previously, in literature class | 31 |
| Previously, in lit crit | 23 |
| Previously, in a 19th century literature class | 46 |
| Previously used in poetry | 25 |
| Previous to, in odes | 20 |
| Present, Cockney-style | 22 |
| Preposition used by Clement Moore | 33 |
| Preposition that may come before long | 37 |
| Preposition often seen in crosswords | 36 |
| Preposition before now | 22 |
| Predating, in poetry | 20 |
| Preceding, in verse | 19 |
| Preceding, in poetry | 20 |
| Preceding, in odes | 18 |
| Pre-, poetically | 16 |
| Poetic prior | 12 |
| Poetic “previously” | 27 |
| Poetic preposition most puzzlemakers are tired of writing clues for | 67 |
| Poetic "prior" | 24 |
| Poet's previous to | 22 |
| Poet's 'before' | 27 |
| Palindromist's "before" | 37 |
| Palindromic, poetic preposition | 31 |
| Palindromic poetry preposition | 30 |
| Palindromic poet's preposition | 34 |
| Palindrome in many a stanza | 27 |
| Palindrome in a palindrome | 26 |
| Palindrome for Pryor | 20 |
| Outmoded preposition meaning "before" | 47 |
| Outmoded preposition | 20 |
| Out front, long ago | 19 |
| Opposite of "after" | 29 |
| Old-style "prior to" | 30 |
| Old start for "now" or "long" | 49 |
| Old intro to "long" or "now" | 48 |
| Old "before" | 22 |
| Midway down Everest? | 20 |
| Middle of the "Able... Elba" palindrome | 49 |
| Middle of the "Able ... Elba" palindrome | 50 |
| Middle of an old palindrome | 27 |
| Middle of a popular palindrome | 30 |
| Middle of a palindrome re Napoleon | 34 |
| Middle of a palindrome | 22 |
| Middle of a famed palindrome | 28 |
| Long start? | 11 |
| Long start | 10 |
| Long preceder | 13 |
| Long or now antecedent | 22 |
| Long opening | 12 |
| Long lead-in? | 13 |
| Leading up to, in Lit class | 27 |
| Lead-in to now | 14 |
| Lead-in for long | 16 |
| Lead-in for "long" or "now" | 47 |
| Kipling preposition | 19 |
| Keatsian preposition | 20 |
| Keats' preposition | 22 |
| James Whitcomb Riley's ''_____ I Went Mad'' | 63 |
| It's between I's in a palidrome | 39 |
| It sounds like "heir" | 31 |
| It sounds like ''air'' | 38 |
| It might come before long | 25 |
| It may come before "long" | 35 |
| Intro to long or now | 20 |
| In the time leading up to | 25 |
| In advance of, in verse | 23 |
| Homophone for Eire | 18 |
| Homophone for Ayr | 17 |
| Homophone for Aire | 18 |
| Homophone for ''air'' | 37 |
| Homonym for air | 15 |
| Homonym for "air" | 27 |
| Heretofore, to Herrick | 22 |
| Heir's sound-alike | 22 |
| Heir homophone | 14 |
| Hamlet's "before" | 31 |
| Formerly before | 15 |
| First word of Swinburne's "March: An Ode" | 55 |
| Earlier, in a poem | 18 |
| Double-bladed ___ II razor | 26 |
| Deco-rated designer? | 20 |
| Cockney's present | 21 |
| Cockney's dog summons | 25 |
| Cockney's "in this place" | 39 |
| Cockney location word | 21 |
| Cockney cry | 11 |
| Center word of a famed palindrome | 33 |
| Center of a palindrome | 22 |
| Center of a noted palindrome | 28 |
| Byron's 'before' | 28 |
| Byron preposition | 17 |
| Browning's ''before'' | 41 |
| Beret's center? | 19 |
| Before. (poetic) | 16 |
| Before, verse style | 19 |
| Before, to Yeats | 16 |
| Before, to Suckling | 19 |
| Before, to poets of old | 23 |