The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANAPAEST
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More clues leading to the result ANAPAEST
- Foot it after main vessel about to go north
- Close to fibula, peasant hurt foot
- Foot given a rest on rickety seat
- At sea, Pan broke foot
- Army’s leader takes irregular peasant on foot
- Piece of verse a peasant composed
- Stories forgotten about English poetic reversal
- Stories the old man set out in a bit of poetry
- Foot — a name associated with eccentric leader in a bygone age
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The straight part
We know that "a bit of poetry" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a bit of poetry = anapaest.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ANAPAEST mean?
ANAPAEST noun- In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
- In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., the word "velveteen").
- A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter, e.g.