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Previously found in poetry? (3)

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ere

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'previously' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for ere that I've seen before include "One who steals" , "Before (in time)" , "Before (lit.)" , "Before, poetically" , "Old word for before" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times and The Mirror.
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