Opening words? Crossword Clue

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Opening words? Crossword Answer

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SAYAH

(5 letters)

HIS

(3 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. formally making a person known to another or to the public
2. a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WORDS (noun)
1. an angry dispute
2. words making up the dialogue of a play
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

SAYAH
(5 letters)
HIS
(3 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
NITRO

More USA Today Crossword (7/26/2026) Answers

Across

1. Saves, like a location in Apple Maps

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12. Tres Leches Pancake Combo chain

13. Items slid in curling games

15. Vaccine molecule

16. "The Notebook" actor Rowlands

17. Pitter-___ (sound of raindrops)

18. Very long time

19. "Chill out, buddy"

21. Carne ___ tacos

23. Resource that's smelted

24. Spotted wildcat

26. Preach!

27. Youngest age for a nonagenarian

29. Phoenix Mercury star Thomas

31. Sesame oil amt.

32. Zelle alternative

35. Enthusiastic go-getter

39. Agitated state

40. Dim __

42. Go screen-free for a day, maybe

45. Didn't run the ball

48. ___ down (trim)

49. Choice

53. "text if u wanna hang!"

54. Dice-rolling game with fetch, roll and bury actions

56. Follow Jewish dietary restrictions

58. 2026 event for Cerebras, for short

59. Raspy-sounding

61. Zilch

62. For sure!

63. "Coco" character voiced by Gael Garcia Bernal

64. There are six in an inning

65. Magazine VIPs

66. Word after "help" or "treadmill"

67. Super Mario ___

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Down

1. Bird that's scientifically the same as a dove

2. "You're not imagining that buzzing noise!"

3. Gibberish

4. ___/neuter clinic

5. Actor's workplace

6. Place with key cards

8. Once known as

9. Aspirations

10. Battery ends

11. ___ pudding (dessert with vanilla wafers)

13. Like some Takis

14. Mrs. in Spanish

20. Hotdish bit

22. "No more details needed, I'm there!"

25. Small plate

28. Ornamental shoulder piece

30. Loo

32. ___-med track

33. Muscles used in the dead bug exercise

34. So far

36. Wildebeest

37. Thus

38. Time when folks buckle up and try to get to work?

41. Souvenir

42. Silver lining

43. Caught some z's

44. Puts sourdough in the fridge overnight, perhaps

45. "All in" game

46. Year, in Portuguese

47. Pressure

50. 'Catch ya later!'

51. Pasteis de nata (custard ___ often topped with cinnamon)

52. No worries

55. "Keep it down!"

57. Snooty person

60. Its 2025 Word of the Year was "rage bait" (Abbr.)

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