| "... kissed thee __ killed thee": Othello | 51 |
| ''. . . ___ saw Elba'' | 38 |
| ''. . . __ saw Elba'' | 37 |
| Part of a palindrome featuring Elba | 35 |
| "I'll speak a prophecy ___ go": Shak. | 51 |
| "Able was I ___ saw Elba" | 35 |
| Words in the middle of a noted palindrome | 41 |
| Words in a popular palindrome | 29 |
| Part of a well-known palindrome | 31 |
| Part of a popular palindrome | 28 |
| Part of a palindromic phrase | 28 |
| Part of a famous palindrome featuring Elba | 42 |
| "Oh the joys that came ... __ was old!": Coleridge | 60 |
| "I kiss'd thee ___ kill'd thee": Othello | 58 |
| "A special laurel ___ go": Whitman | 44 |
| "...--- saw Elba" | 27 |
| "... harken __ die": Tennyson | 39 |
| ". . . ___ saw Elba" (part of a famous palindrome) | 60 |
| ". . . ___ saw Elba" (famous palindrome) | 50 |
| "__ Went Mad": Riley poem | 35 |
| " . . . ___ saw Elba" | 32 |
| '... -- saw Elba' | 25 |
| Riley's "___ Went Mad" | 36 |
| Popular palindrome center | 25 |
| Part of the "Elba" palindrome | 39 |
| Part of a noted palindrome | 26 |
| Part of a familiar palindrome | 29 |
| James Whitcomb Riley's "___ Went Mad" | 51 |
| Chunk of the Elba palindrome | 28 |
| "Oh the joys that came ... __ was old": Coleridge | 59 |
| "I'll speak a prophecy --- go" ("King Lear") | 68 |
| "I'll speak a prophecy ___ go": "King Lear" | 67 |
| "I'll speak a prophecy ___ go" (King Lear) | 56 |
| "I kiss'd thee ___ kill'd thee": Shak. | 56 |
| "I hope to see London once _____ die": Shak. | 54 |
| "Dear mother Ida, harken ___ die" (Tennyson refrain) | 62 |
| "Dear mother Ida, harken __ die": Tennyson | 52 |
| "Abra was ready __ called her name": Prior | 52 |
| "Abra was ready __ call'd her name": Prior | 56 |
| "Able was I ___ saw Elba" (popular palindrome) | 56 |
| "Able was I ___ saw ..." | 34 |
| ".... _____saw Elba" | 30 |
| "...___ saw Elba" (part of a famous palindrome) | 57 |
| "... kissed thee ___ killed thee": Shak. | 50 |
| "... _____ saw Elba" | 30 |
| "... ___ saw Elba" (palindrome part) | 46 |
| "___ Sleep, for Every Favor" (old hymn) | 49 |
| "__ Sleep, for Every Favor": old hymn | 47 |
| " ... ___ saw Elba" | 29 |
| ''I kiss'd thee ___ kill'd thee'' (Othello) | 67 |
| ``. . . ___ saw Elba'' | 30 |
| ``. . . ___ saw . . .'' | 31 |
| Recluse | 7 |
| Hermit | 6 |
| Ancient ascetic | 15 |
| Religious recluse | 17 |
| Solitary one | 12 |
| Anchorite | 9 |
| Ascetic | 7 |
| Religious hermit | 16 |
| Taker of a religious vow | 24 |
| St. Anthony, notably | 20 |
| St. Simeon Stylites was one | 27 |
| Solitary monk | 13 |
| Religious loner | 15 |
| Monk, maybe | 11 |
| Many an ascetic | 15 |
| Loner by choice | 15 |
| Holy hermit | 11 |
| His creed is all he needs | 25 |
| Cave dweller, e.g. | 18 |
| Benedictine, e.g. | 17 |
| "Like nature's patient, sleepless ___": Keats | 59 |
| As yet | 6 |
| Poetic "until this time" | 34 |
| Before this time, in poetry | 27 |
| Previously, bard-style | 22 |
| In the past, in poetry | 22 |
| Heretofore, to the Bard | 23 |
| Heretofore, poetically | 22 |
| Before this time, to the Bard | 29 |
| "Blood hath been shed ___": Macbeth | 45 |
| Up to this time, once | 21 |
| To this point, in verse | 23 |
| To this point, in poetry | 24 |
| Prior to today, bard-style | 26 |
| Poetic ''until this time'' | 42 |
| In the past, poetically | 23 |
| Heretofore, to poets | 20 |
| Heretofore, to Byron | 20 |
| Heretofore, once | 16 |
| Heretofore, in poesy | 20 |
| Heretofore, in poems | 20 |
| Before the present, in poetry | 29 |
| Before the present, before the present | 38 |
| Ago, in poetry | 14 |
| Afore this time | 15 |
| Spanish 101 word | 16 |
| "___ Tu" (1974 hit) | 29 |
| Psyche's beloved | 20 |