| Old "before" | 22 |
| Middle of an old palindrome | 27 |
| Middle of a palindrome | 22 |
| Middle of a famed palindrome | 28 |
| Long or now antecedent | 22 |
| Leading up to, in Lit class | 27 |
| Keats' preposition | 22 |
| It might come before long | 25 |
| In the time leading up to | 25 |
| In advance of, in verse | 23 |
| Homonym for "air" | 27 |
| Heretofore, to Herrick | 22 |
| Heir's sound-alike | 22 |
| Double-bladed ___ II razor | 26 |
| Cockney's dog summons | 25 |
| Center of a palindrome | 22 |
| Center of a noted palindrome | 28 |
| Byron's 'before' | 28 |
| Before, to poets of old | 23 |
| Before, non-iambically | 22 |
| Before, in Brit Lit class | 25 |
| Before, in a syllable of old | 28 |
| Before, for Wordsworth | 22 |
| Before, backward and forward | 28 |
| Before, as written by poets | 27 |
| Before to Shakespeare | 22 |
| Bard's 'before' | 27 |
| “Able was I ___ ...” | 28 |
| A palindrome's pivot | 24 |
| "Present!," in Soho | 29 |
| "Heir" homophone | 26 |
| "Air" homophone | 25 |
| "...___ I saw Elba" | 29 |
| "... __ I saw Elba" | 29 |
| "--- I saw Elba" | 26 |
| " ___ I saw Elba" | 27 |
| In an upright position | 22 |
| Demonstrating good posture | 26 |
| Displaying good posture | 23 |
| Have fun with Lego blocks | 25 |
| On twos, rather than fours | 26 |
| Like a soldier at attention | 27 |
| How Cro-Magnon man walked | 25 |
| Standing with proper posture | 28 |
| Ready for action, in a way | 26 |
| Pithecanthropine attitude | 25 |
| Like squirrels' ears | 24 |
| Like a Chihuahua's ears | 27 |
| Happy to see someone, perhaps | 29 |
| Construct, as a skyscraper | 26 |
| Build, as a skyscraper | 22 |
| Emulated Bob the Builder | 24 |
| Constructor's activity | 26 |
| Building or constructing | 24 |
| Play set for future engineers | 29 |
| ___ Set (kid's builder) | 27 |
| ___ Set (building game) | 23 |
| __ set: construction toy | 24 |
| Budding engineer's toy | 26 |
| Kid's construction kit | 26 |
| Gift for a budding engineer | 27 |
| Future architect's toy | 26 |
| Classic construction toy | 24 |
| Puts up, as a skyscraper | 24 |
| Plays with Lego blocks | 22 |
| Puts up, as a building | 22 |
| Constructs, as a building | 25 |
| "... ___ saw Elba" | 28 |
| "...___ saw Elba" | 27 |
| "... __ saw Elba" | 27 |
| "... --- saw Elba" | 28 |
| "..._____ saw Elba" | 29 |
| Words in a popular palindrome | 29 |
| Part of a popular palindrome | 28 |
| Part of a palindromic phrase | 28 |
| "...--- saw Elba" | 27 |
| '... -- saw Elba' | 25 |
| Popular palindrome center | 25 |
| Part of a noted palindrome | 26 |
| Part of a familiar palindrome | 29 |
| Chunk of the Elba palindrome | 28 |
| " ... ___ saw Elba" | 29 |
| Taker of a religious vow | 24 |
| St. Simeon Stylites was one | 27 |
| His creed is all he needs | 25 |
| 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 |
| To this point, in verse | 23 |
| To this point, in poetry | 24 |
| Prior to today, bard-style | 26 |
| In the past, poetically | 23 |
| Before the present, in poetry | 29 |
| "___ Tu" (1974 hit) | 29 |
| "___ Tu," 1932 song | 29 |
| "__ Tu": 1974 hit | 27 |
| Start of a Cockney toast | 24 |