Early tourney match, for short Crossword Clue

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Early tourney match, for short Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a minor match preceding the main event
2. an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TOURNEY (noun)
1. a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
TOURNEY (verb)
1. engage in a tourney
EARLY (adverb)
1. in good time
2. during an early stage
EARLY (adjective)
1. belonging to the distant past
2. at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

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