Opening night

The answer

DEBUT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEBUT answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• PREMIERE (6 uses in xd)
• XMAS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DEBUT

Every other clue in this collection answered by DEBUT, most used first.

• First appearance - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Coming-out - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• First performance - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Premiere - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• First public appearance - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Introduction to the public - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Come out - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Introduction - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Premiere performance - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Social event. - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
• First showing - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Opening remarks - INTRO, used 47 times
• Night noise - SNORE, used 40 times
• Night vision? - DREAM, used 40 times
• Opening words - INTRO, used 38 times
• "... and -- a good night" - TOALL, used 36 times
• Night sound - SNORE, used 34 times

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