NOUN: "an initial and often tentative attempt to do something in a new or different field or area of activity" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "an initial and often tentative attempt to do something in a new or different field or area of activity" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a sudden short attack
2. an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)
(verb)
1. steal goods; take as spoils
2. briefly enter enemy territory

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TENTATIVE (adjective)
1. unsettled in mind or opinion
2. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
DIFFERENT (adjective)
1. differing from all others; not ordinary
2. distinctly separate from the first

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