Opening
The crossword clue "Opening" is answered by INTRO, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
INTRO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INTRO answer page.
Used 22 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 9 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.
- APERTURE (18 uses in xd)
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
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.
- Letter-shaped opening - TSLOT, used 23 times
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