Act before the headliner
The crossword clue "Act before the headliner" is answered by OPENER, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
OPENER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPENER answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OPENER
Every other clue in this collection answered by OPENER, most used first.
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- Kitchen gadget - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- First game - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- First act - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Starting bid - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- First game of a series - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- First of a series - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- First game in a series - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Intro - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Kickoff - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Kitchen device - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Series starter - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Warm-up act - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- First game of a doubleheader - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Game one - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Church key - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Game 1 - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Show's first number - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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