The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ERST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ERST
- Hemingway, for example, casting central characters at first
- Workers' traditional housing long ago
- Formerly understood only the core elements
- What’s at heart of 23, long ago in former times
- Formerly in older style
- Regular occupants of eery site at one time
- A proportion of nostalgia-mongers thrived in the past
- Formerly Queen Street
- Twitter started contributing at an earlier time
- Part of ruler’s territory at one time
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What does ERST mean?
ERST adjective- First.
- First of all, before (some other specified thing).
- Sooner (than); before.
- Formerly, once, erstwhile.