Initial stage Crossword Clue

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Initial stage Crossword Answer

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ONSET

(5 letters)

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

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INITIAL (verb)
1. mark with one’s initials
INITIAL (adjective)
1. occurring at the beginning
INITIAL (noun)
1. the first letter of a word (especially a person’s name)
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: Other Answers Used in the Past

Onset
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More Newsday Crossword (5/18/2026) Answers

Across

1. 24-hour money sources: Abbr.

5. Voice of Apple devices

9. Time __ (Eastern Standard, for example)

13. Jockey's strap

14. Goatee’s spot

15. Card game with bluffs

16. Elsa's sister in "Frozen"

17. Party thrower

18. Major blood vessel

19. Person harvesting honey

21. Group of students

22. Narrow river

23. Three-layer cookie

25. Part of a three-piece suit

28. More nervous

32. In good __ (physically fit)

36. Page of a book

38. Very small amount

39. Make simpler

40. School corridors

41. Graceful feathery flier

42. Take a crack __ (try)

43. Feathered friends that hoot

44. Piece of celery

45. Summer or spring

47. Bottom of a shoe

49. Liquids in pens

51. Bowling lanes

56. Waist straps

59. Guy breeding cows

62. Very angry

63. Skin-soothing plant

64. Local sandwich shop

65. Girder fastener

66. Allows

67. Grasp tightly

68. ''__ Sir or Madam . . .''

69. 'Hey you!' whisper

70. Centers of hurricanes

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Down

1. Typical Saudis

2. Core principle

3. Person digging for coal

4. Python or boa

5. Devious plan

6. Breakfast restaurant chain

7. Stand up

8. Emcee's opening speech

9. Scientist at an animal park

10. Gumbo vegetable

11. Tennis court barriers

12. Historical periods

15. Walked back and forth

20. Roof edge

24. Football officials, for short

26. Cole __ (shredded cabbage)

27. Reveals a secret

29. Des Moines state

30. And others: Abbr

31. Colonel or captain

32. Large bodies of water

33. Dislike very much

34. India's continent

35. Person watching your dog or cat

37. In addition

40. Car horn's beep

44. Offer at retail

48. Most recent, as news

50. Top of one's head

52. Narrow shelf

53. Manicurist's __ board

54. New Haven collegian

55. Quick scissor cuts

56. Ostrich or robin

57. A Great Lake

58. Volcanic flow

60. Pub beverages

61. Young kids

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