Earliest stage Crossword Clue

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Earliest stage Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
2. the beginning or early stages

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

EARLIEST (adverb)
1. with the least delay
EARLIEST (adjective)
1. (comparative and superlative of `early’) more early than; most early
STAGE (verb)
1. plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
2. perform (a play), especially on a stage
STAGE (noun)
1. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
2. any distinct time period in a sequence of events

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Newsday Crossword (10/16/2025) Answers

Across

1. LG tech

5. Silly people

10. Lose luster

14. Haleakala National Park locale

15. "Be strong, dude" encouragement

16. Attention-getter

17. Billfold fill

18. Restraining order

20. Alexandra nickname

22. SUV ancestors

23. Eventually yields

26. It’s on the house

27. Restraining order

33. Sense starter

34. Shakespeare sneaky soldier

35. Courtroom drama shout

37. Requirements

38. Friars Club's "Top Box Office Name of the Century"

42. 'I'll pass'

43. Greenlit

45. Apt rhyme for "secure"

46. Sold-out letters

47. Restraining order

52. Claudius' successor

53. Marquis de ____

54. Weeping

57. Plug-in transportation

61. Restraining order

64. Relaxed run

65. What hydrogen hasn't

66. Oscar actress Marisa

67. Errand runner

68. Columbia Pictures owner

69. Captain Hook look

70. Wood smoother

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Down

1. Doc blocs

2. CNN reporter Bash

3. MLK Day follower

4. Hindu Trinity member

5. Company with a van line

6. Perrier product

7. Sinus specialists, for short

8. Specialty thread

9. "Sleepless in Seattle" director

10. Momentous

11. Shout from a ship

12. Mars, to Marc Antony

13. Fire dept. employee

19. Slangy suffix

21. Auspices

24. Language like Laotian

25. Where 46-Across is seen

27. Prefix meaning within

28. Secluded spots

30. Me too

31. Kitchen knife brand

32. A generous disposition

36. Oxford, for instance

39. Throw away

40. Tomato for paste

41. What hitchhikers hope to hitch

44. Comforting comment

48. Quick look

49. Genetic observations

50. Seuss elephant

51. Honey source

54. __-European languages

55. Day divider

56. To a degree

58. Concert hall number

59. Abacus parts

60. Minimal choreography

61. Flattens on a canvas

62. Finder's reward

63. Spruce cousin

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