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The Clue

Standard part of a limerick (7 letter answer)

The Answer

ANAPEST

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Notes

The answer ANAPEST is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.

Related Clues

Bit of a limerick
Dactyl's relative
Foot for Swinburne
Limerick foot
Metrical foot
"In the Mood," e.g.
Pattern in prosody
Poetic foot
Type of verse
"Au revoir," for example
Short, short, long
Poet's three-syllable foot

Definition

ANAPEST as a noun:

1. (anapest, anapaest) = a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables