Describing Ben Jonson Crossword Clue

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	adjective satellite • not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness • recurring only at long intervals • not widely distributed • having low density • marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind • (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
	74%	11		He was a member of the Sons of Ben, a group of poets who admired Ben Jonson
	noun • Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639)
	56%	7		Often mentioned alongside Ben Jonson and John Donne as a leading poet of his time
	noun • English lyric poet (1591-1674)

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New York Times03 Jul 1980	Across 16
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