The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word IAMB
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More clues leading to the result IAMB
- One young creature hiding head and foot
- Foot with first sign of infection attended by a doctor
- Foot, intact to start with, seen by a doctor
- Foot – British leader introducing himself?
- . Item of poetry penned by William Blake
- Martin Peter, a creation of William Boyd’s
- Regulars leaving GI’s army by foot
- Foot – put iodine on one, then see doctor
- Foot at first intact needs a doctor
- Part of poetic line — the writer is British
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What does IAMB mean?
IAMB noun- A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.