Initial comment, for short

The answer

INTRO

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

Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for INTRO

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

• Opening remarks - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Opening words - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Lead-in - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Foreword - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Prologue - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Prelude - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• 101 course - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Opening - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
• Opening bars - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Preamble - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Opener - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Emcee's job - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Emcee's opening - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Prelim - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Preface - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Emcee's delivery - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Emcee's task - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Musical vamp - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
• "101" class, briefly - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Preface, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Emcee's forte - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Emcee's opening speech - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Opening statement - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Beginner's course - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Emcee's words - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Freshman course word - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Musical beginning - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Opening remarks, casually - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Brief beginning - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Emcee's spiel - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Foreword, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Opening lines - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Preface, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Short beginning - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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• Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
• For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times

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