Warm-up act

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 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 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.

• First game of the season - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Act before the headliner - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Series starter - 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

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.

• Comfortably warm - TOASTY, used 32 times
• Act parts - SCENES, used 28 times
• Act as a go-between - LIAISE, used 25 times
• Act opener - SCENEI, used 16 times
• Pleasantly warm - TOASTY, used 16 times
• Warm and cozy - TOASTY, used 16 times

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