Initial stake
The crossword clue "Initial stake" is answered by ANTE, a 4-letter entry. Used 82 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ANTE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANTE answer page.
Used 82 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this pilot answered by ANTE, most used first.
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