Poet's word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day (3)

The answer to “Poet's word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day (3)” in the The Guardian Quick crossword is EEN — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Guardian Quick crossword on September 4, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 23-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Poet's word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day (3)” answer

EEN (3 letters)

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What does EEN mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of EEN is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Poet's word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day (3)” appeared?

The Guardian Quick reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 4, 2026 (most recent) → EEN. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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