Start Crossword Clue

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ONSET

(5 letters)

TARTS

(5 letters)

SETOUT

(6 letters)

INITIATE

(8 letters)

INSTIGATE

(9 letters)

STREETTHEATER

(13 letters)

OUTSET

(6 letters)

DAWN

(4 letters)

COMMENCE

(8 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
2. set in motion, cause to start
(noun)
1. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)

Hint 2: Clue Definition

START (verb)
1. get off the ground
2. bulge outward
START (noun)
1. the time at which something is supposed to begin
2. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ONSET
(5 letters)
TARTS
(5 letters)
SETOUT
(6 letters)
INITIATE
(8 letters)
INSTIGATE
(9 letters)
STREETTHEATER
(13 letters)
OUTSET
(6 letters)
DAWN
(4 letters)
COMMENCE
(8 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

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47. Slow down

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Down

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49. Formal agreements

50. Catherine of "Home Alone"

51. Passes on some bread?

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