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Before, in ballades (3)

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I believe the answer is:

ere

'before in ballades' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for ere that I've seen before include "Before (in time)" , "Before, poetically" , "Archaic word for before - a palindrome" , "Before (in poetry)" , "Before (literary)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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