Opening day pitcher Crossword Clue

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Opening day pitcher Crossword Answer

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ACE

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(noun)
1. a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
2. proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
(verb)
1. succeed at easily
2. play (a hole) in one stroke
(adjective)
1. of the highest quality

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PITCHER (noun)
1. the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
2. (baseball) the person who does the pitching
OPENING (noun)
1. an open or empty space in or between things
2. a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
OPENING (adjective)
1. first or beginning

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ace
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More WSJ Crossword (7/30/2026) Answers

Across

1. Like some signers

1. Battered boat

4. XXX

5. Indonesian island

8. Elba of "The Wire"

9. Scoreboard figs.

12. Fashion house founder Mario

13. 'Whichever'

13. Feature of the Starbucks logo

14. Amazed reaction

14. Major vein

15. Royals pitcher who tied for most wins in 2017

15. Lovergirl singer __ Marie

16. Steps off the base, maybe

17. Stinging insect

18. Pigs' digs

18. Arrives speedily

19. Gala, say

20. Crude carrier

20. Senior status, of a sort

22. Each

22. Turquoise kin

24. Portions (out)

25. Skin cream ingredient

25. Hall of Fame player/manager nicknamed “the Ol’ Perfessor”

26. Shocked beyond words

30. Paperless exams

31. Sacred Hindu text

31. Kin of Slurpees

32. Quick swim

32. Funny fellow

33. Door opener

34. Córdoba kiss

35. Ring for a boxer?

35. Grad’s burden, often

36. Woods in pits

37. Lawn burrower

38. Follow furtively

38. Kind of fly or bunt

39. Alloy

40. Retreat

40. Deck with wands

41. Following

41. Pirates slugger who hit 36 homers in 2013

43. Sound of thunder

44. Male meowers

45. Systematic

46. "Golly!"

47. “Cease!” at sea

48. Warns of a collision, perhaps

48. Grill site, often

50. Red figure

51. Pay individually, and what the sets of circles in this puzzle do

51. "Golly!"

54. Bolt go-with

55. Hall of Fame pitcher with the most wins by any southpaw

56. “Evil Under the Sun” sleuth

57. Fan who might sing along to “Sorry”

58. Fútbol cheer

59. Disturbingly unfamiliar

60. Fling

61. Clinton's 2016 running mate

61. Opposition answer

62. Endure a heat wave

62. Turkey side dish

63. Lingerie piece

63. Doesn't play

64. Fragrant compound

65. Figure (out)

66. Lose firmness, perhaps

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Down

1. Graffiti signature

1. Shoot!

2. Game whose name is announced during play

2. Simple

3. Player’s pass

3. Major commotion

4. Hammer part

4. Many Comic-Con attendees

5. 23-time NHL All-Star

5. Oriole or cardinal, e.g.

6. Fan’s fixation

6. Ben Affleck picture

7. Mirror sight

7. Green expanse

8. Violinist Perlman

8. Puma parts

9. Stoop

9. 2012 World Series MVP Sandoval

10. One who chastises

10. Canary call

11. How retail workers are employed

11. They deal in futures

12. Made a meaningful commitment

12. Garb for p.m. hours

13. Give in to gravity

16. Skybox invitees

17. Sudden pain

19. 99 Luftballons singer

21. Spa treatment, initially

21. Suffering

22. Recipe verb

23. Who, in French

23. Creature coat

24. Worker who makes a lot of calls

24. A long time

25. New England catches

26. Sector

27. Cheer from Minnesota Vikings fans

27. Rome divider

28. Capt. Picard’s spinoff

28. Low-cost, in company names

29. Huge bird of myth

29. "___ hand..."

30. Letter-shaped hardware

32. Hardly the carefree sort

33. Lotion additive

34. Medieval entertainer

34. Stan with a sax

35. Bring low

36. Well, ___-di-dah!

36. Dated, cutely

37. Mark Tatulli comic strip

37. Polite address

38. Soccer kick using the tip of the foot

39. Bloomer and Earhart

39. Washington circle

40. Kimmel and Fallon, e.g.

41. "Frontline" network

42. Research site

42. Butcher's cut

43. PC Key

43. Wouldn’t stop talking

44. Recipe amt.

44. Throat dangler

45. Carry weight

45. Pirates address

46. Biblical verb ending

47. Sitting still

48. Stuffy

49. Masonry material

49. Helmeted Olympian

50. Phil Rizzuto’s retired Yankees number

52. Recedes

52. Cries of discovery

53. Billet-doux sender

53. Tucson-to-Los Angeles dir.

54. Sorts

55. Propaganda, probably

56. In the style of

57. Upsilon follower

58. Air rifle ammo

59. Historic chapter

60. Disreputable newspaper

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