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Limerick Writer Crossword Clue

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noun

• British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)

• the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters

27%7 Often used to end a limerick
noun

• two items of the same kind

• a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed

27%11 The number of verses in a traditional limerick
adjective satellite

• being three more than eighty

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New York Times20 Feb 1992 Down 53
New York Times22 Jun 1984 Down 57
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The number of syllables in a limerick

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