| Formerly, to Chaucer | 20 |
| Formerly, previously | 20 |
| Formerly, in verse | 18 |
| Formerly, in the past | 21 |
| Formerly, in poems | 18 |
| Formerly, in old usage | 22 |
| Formerly, in old days | 21 |
| Formerly, in days of yore | 25 |
| Formerly, but not recently | 26 |
| Formerly, back in the day | 25 |
| Formerly, archaically | 21 |
| Formerly formerly? | 18 |
| Formerly archaic? | 17 |
| Former, in poems | 16 |
| Former, at one time | 19 |
| Former former? | 14 |
| First: Ger. | 11 |
| Beginning for "while," at one time | 44 |
| Beginner for a while? | 21 |
| Before, once before | 19 |
| Before the present time, in the past | 36 |
| Before the present time | 23 |
| At one time in the past? | 24 |
| At first, once | 14 |
| At first, in Frankfurt | 22 |
| At first, at first | 18 |
| "While" prefix | 24 |
| "While" opener, a while back | 38 |
| "Where ___ was thickest fight": Milton | 48 |
| "The even mead, that ___ brought sweetly forth ...": "Henry V" | 82 |
| "The even mead, that __ brought sweetly forth / The freckled cowslip": "Henry V" | 100 |
| "Step the meek owls where ___ they ranged" (Emerson) | 62 |
| "... which ___ from heat did canopy the herd": Shak. | 62 |
| ''While'' prefix | 32 |
| ''... which ___ was irksome to me'' (Shakespeare) | 65 |
| Art Deco designer | 17 |
| Art Deco artist | 15 |
| Art Deco master | 15 |
| De Tirtoff, familiarly | 22 |
| Harper's Bazaar illustrator | 31 |
| Art deco illustrator | 20 |
| "Symphony in Black" artist | 36 |
| Art Deco notable | 16 |
| Russian-born artist | 19 |
| Artist born Romain de Tirtoff | 29 |
| Art Deco name | 13 |
| One-named designer | 18 |
| Deco designer | 13 |
| Art Deco master born Romain de Tirtoff | 38 |
| Romain de Tirtoff's pseudonym | 33 |
| One-named Deco artist | 21 |
| One-named artist | 16 |
| Harper's Bazaar artist | 26 |
| Folies Bergère designer | 26 |
| Noted Art Deco illustrator | 26 |
| Art Deco pioneer | 16 |
| Russian-born designer | 21 |
| Romain de Tirtoff | 17 |
| One-named Deco designer | 23 |
| One-named art deco designer | 27 |
| Old Harper's Bazaar illustrator | 35 |
| Harper's Bazaar cover illustrator | 37 |
| Folies-Bergère designer | 26 |
| Big name in Art Deco | 20 |
| Art Deco great | 14 |
| Ziegfeld Follies costume designer | 33 |
| Russian-born Deco designer | 26 |
| One-named art deco master | 25 |
| Noted Harper's Bazaar illustrator | 37 |
| Father of Art Deco | 18 |
| Art deco legend | 15 |
| Art deco icon | 13 |
| "A Dream" artist | 26 |
| ''Harper's Bazaar'' illustrator | 51 |
| Romain de Tirtoff, familiarly | 29 |
| Romain de Tirtoff alias | 23 |
| Renowned costume designer | 25 |
| One-named fashion illustrator | 29 |
| One-named deco master | 21 |
| One-named costume designer | 26 |
| Old Harper's Bazaar artist | 30 |
| Noted name in art deco | 22 |
| Noted Folies Bergère designer | 32 |
| Noted 1930's Harper's Bazaar illustrator | 48 |
| Costume designer for Mata Hari | 30 |
| Collectible illustrator | 23 |
| Artist with the autobiography "Things I Remember" | 59 |
| Artist de Tirtoff, professionally | 33 |
| Art Deco celebrity | 18 |
| "The Alphabet Suite" artist | 37 |
| "La Tosca" sculptor | 29 |
| "Harper's Bazaar" artist | 38 |
| "Flames of Love" sculptor | 35 |
| Ziegfeld Follies designer | 25 |
| Single-named artist | 19 |
| Russian-born French designer | 28 |
| Russian-born designer for fashion and stage | 43 |
| Russian-born Art Deco artist | 28 |
| Romain de Tirtoff's nom d'art | 37 |
| Romain de Tirtoff's alias | 29 |