Answer:

bard

Answer	Crossword Clue
BARD	Shakespeare appellation
BARD	Versifier
BARD	Erstwhile poet

BARD	Troubadour
BARD	Avon calling?
BARD	The ...: Shakespeare
BARD	Exalted poet
BARD	Poet
BARD	Old harpist, perhaps
BARD	Foot specialist?
BARD	Shakespeare's Avon calling?

BARD	The .. of Avon
BARD	Epithet for Shakespeare
BARD	... of Avon (Shakespeare)
BARD	Shakespeare, for one
BARD	Lyric poet
BARD	Sonneteer, for one
BARD	Shakespearean nickname
BARD	The ... of Avon (Shakespeare)

BARD	Shakespeare, familiarly
BARD	Minstrel poet
BARD	Sonneteer, for example
BARD	Composer of epic poetry
BARD	One with poetic aspirations
BARD	Tale teller of old
BARD	Balladeer
BARD	Shakespeare, notably

BARD	Shakespeare, vis- -vis Avon
BARD	Epic poet
BARD	Wordsmith
BARD	Epithet for Shakespeare, with "the"
BARD	One working with feet?
BARD	Shakespeare's nickname, with "the"
BARD	Shakespearean epithet
BARD	Verse reciter

BARD	Rhymester
BARD	Shakespeare, informally
BARD	Old-time poet
BARD	Shakepeare, notably
BARD	Wordsmith of old