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The Clue
Ancient times, to poets (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ELDS
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Notes
The answer ELDS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
ELD as a noun:
1. (old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood) = a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
2. (age, eld) = a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"