| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ERE | "Before" to poets of old |
| ERE | Before, to poets of old |
| ERE | Before, to poets |
| ERE | Before, to poets. |
| ERE | Before to poets |
| EBON | Black, to poets of old |
| ADO | Commotion, to old poets |
| LYRE | Shell, to old poets |
| ANON | Any minute, to old poets |
| CUPOKINDNESS | Poet's quaff to the old year. |
| POE | Who wrote "I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him" |
