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1 result for POETASTER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 22, 2002	Acrostic	P	Derogatory term for a writer of verse	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

4 results for POETASTER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 30, 1990	11D	Writer of inferior verse	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Maleska
Tue Jan 14, 1986	35D	Versifier	Peter Swift	Maleska
Tue Jun 4, 1968	30D	Rhymester.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 11, 1963	60A	Versifier.	Unknown	Farrar

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