Innovator's first step Crossword Clue

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Innovator's first step Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
2. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INNOVATOR (noun)
1. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
FIRST (noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin
FIRST (adjective)
1. indicating the beginning unit in a series
2. serving to set in motion
FIRST (adverb)
1. prominently forward
2. before anything else

Hint 3: Anagram

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More LA Times Crossword (12/17/2025) Answers

Across

1. Biblical kingdom east of the Dead Sea

5. "But there is __ in Mudville ... "

10. Pack and send

14. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay

15. Abruptly end an engagement?

16. Nevada city on the Truckee River

17. Pros and ___

18. Relentlessly protect the line on the battlefield

20. Artist with success in more than one genre

22. To this point

23. Snacked

24. Scratch, say

27. Fortuneteller's deck

31. Home for Sharks or Kraken

33. Frito-__ snacks

36. What an angsty teenager may slam

39. Skin care brand

41. Decorate

42. BMW competitor

43. Be useless

46. Sum of the first three prime numbers

47. __ legend

48. Choose

50. Big D sch.

51. Org. that may confiscate liquids

54. Torah teacher

58. Impressive basketball feats, and what 20-, 36-, and 43-Across have

63. Find an extra level, à la Spinal Tap

65. Help out

67. Like a baseball bat's symmetry

68. Squeeze (past)

69. Square figure?

70. Running total

71. Juicy bit of info

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1. Hajj destination

2. Smells

3. Pester

4. Type of dog serenaded by Elvis on "The Steve Allen Show"

5. Fictional clownfish

6. Royal name of Norway

7. Card material

8. Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking," for one

9. Beer foam producer

10. Mex. miss

11. 'I can explain'

12. Travel stop

13. Orca family group

19. Boiling water output

21. Guess

25. Cathode's counterpart

26. ___ to go

28. Gather as crops

29. Against all ___

30. Familiar theme

32. Nutrition fig.

33. Seated meditation pose

34. False follower?

35. Calorific tea ingredient in Tibet

37. Like much medication

38. ___ in a lifetime

40. Vote to pass a bill

44. Loosen, as a shoelace

45. Hosiery shade

49. Like busy browser windows

52. Water balloon sound

53. Amazon assistant with regional accents

55. Mandoline piece

56. Hosiery shade

57. Castaway's place

59. Fork locale

60. Villainous

61. Bargain

62. Hulu's "___ Murders in the Building"

63. Gimlet liquor

64. Lines from an admirer

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