Sailor you once left for a poet — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 4–letter crossword clue “Sailor you once left for a poet”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Cryptic on 24th Sept 2010. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Sailor you once left for a poet” is POPE (4 letters).
We last saw “Sailor you once left for a poet” in Guardian Cryptic on 24th Sept 2010.
The 4-letter answer for “Sailor you once left for a poet” is POPE.
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