Initial stage Crossword Clue

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Initial stage Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
2. the beginning or early stages

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INITIAL (verb)
1. mark with one’s initials
INITIAL (adjective)
1. occurring at the beginning
INITIAL (noun)
1. the first letter of a word (especially a person’s name)
STAGE (verb)
1. plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
2. perform (a play), especially on a stage
STAGE (noun)
1. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
2. any distinct time period in a sequence of events

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Newsday Crossword (7/29/2025) Answers

Across

1. Clumsy person's cry

5. Slightly wet

9. Eight-person band

14. Spiced tea of India

15. At any point

16. Easily fooled

17. Popular cuisine of China

19. Building add-on

20. Needing to be done immediately

21. Most full-bodied

23. Scale notes after dos

24. Droop

26. Cast a ballot

27. Showbiz star, for short

29. Extremely unpleasant

33. Facing a pitcher

36. Alaskan port

38. Second Greek letter

39. Explorer Ponce de __

40. Repaired

41. __ of measure (mile or quart)

42. Person from Edinburgh

43. Fishing rod's spool

44. Accident-___ (clumsy)

45. "Infantile" cry of amazement

47. Give an answer

49. Is untruthful

51. Historical period

52. 950, in Roman numeral

55. Day after today

59. Main Course

61. "Sure, although..."

62. Running at an easy gallop

64. Pictorial diagram

65. Create with yarn

66. Are not! response

67. Desert spots with water

68. Alluring

69. Little green legumes

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Down

1. Take place?

2. Chicago airport

3. Feelings of hunger

4. Location to build on

5. Tooth-related

6. Wide urban st.

7. Untidy room

8. Before people could watch sitcoms

9. Running by itself

10. British city of Chaucer's "Tales"

11. Point of a fork

12. Preholiday nights

13. Schoolbook

22. ___ and aahed

25. Aladdin's magical pal

27. Melon with orange flesh

28. Athlete paid to punch

30. Nevada city

31. "Don't rub __!"

32. Go out with

33. Furthermore

34. Computer expert, for short

35. Foolish person

37. Chaotic fight

40. Chicken cooked in hot oil

44. Carpenter's wood-shaving tool

46. Maternity ward events

48. Good-looking

50. Woolen footwear

52. Any illegal activity

53. High-IQ club

54. Kid's plastic bricks

55. Takeout meal order

56. Cajun veggie

57. Degs. in finance

58. Taper off

60. Golf course hazard

63. Disallow, informally

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