Third Word In A Limerick Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific with capital Olympia
	40%	8		Mandatory component of a limerick's third and fourth lines
	noun • a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
	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

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New York Times20 Jun 1997	Across 49
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4	Mandatory component of a limerick's third and fourth lines
5	Second word of many a limerick New York Times - 10 Jul 2022	New York Times / 10 Jul 2022
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