Warm up the crowd

The answer

OPEN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPEN answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OPEN

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

• Ready for business - used 184 times, most recently in 2026
• Unlock - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• Candid - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• Frank - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Ready for customers - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Store sign - used 71 times, most recently in 2024
• Start the bidding - used 61 times, most recently in 2024
• Unwrap - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Doing business - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Dentist's request - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
• Unlocked - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ sesame!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Not closed - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Ajar - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• Dentist's directive - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Receptive - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Accepting customers - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Available - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Tournament format - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
• Begin. - used 16 times, most recently in 2002
• Not locked - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Accessible - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Aboveboard - used 14 times, most recently in 2007
• Amenable - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Bid first - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Tournament type - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Unrestricted - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Unseal - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Admitting customers - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Amenable (to) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Start the business day - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Unguarded - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Exposed - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• ___-faced sandwich - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• In full bloom - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Make the first bet - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Ready to do business - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Type of tournament - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Dentist's instruction - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• More than ajar - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Not shut - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign in a store window - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Storefront sign - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Tourney type - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Unobstructed - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Big tournament - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Shop sign - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Start - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Store window sign - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Taking customers - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Word on a store sign that's flipped daily - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Accessible to everyone - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• __ for business - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Forthright - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "I'm an ___ book" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Like some relationships - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Make the first bid - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Neon sign word - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Ready to serve - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Receiving customers - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Store door sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Unguarded, as a receiver - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Unwrap, as a gift - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Airy - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Begin bidding - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Bet first - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Certain tourney - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Dentist's order - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Diner sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Frank; candid - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Golf tournament. - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• ___ mic night - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Outspoken - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Overt - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Willing to listen - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Available for business - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Keep an ___ mind - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ mouth, insert foot" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Not booked - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Not buttoned - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Not yet resolved - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Take the lid off - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Tournament for pros and amateurs - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Tourney for all - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Type of golf tournament. - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Unclog - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Unfold - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Up front - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Word in a shop window - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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