Answer: BETA
BETA is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 217 times.
Referring Clues:
- ___ blocker
 - ___ carotene
 - Kind of blocker
 - Home video format
 - VHS alternative
 - Kind of testing
 - Kind of test
 - Key letter
 - Certain constellation star
 - Second in order
 - Phi ___ Kappa
 - Second in a series
 - Software test version
 - As yet unmarketed, as software
 - Nuclear physics prefix
 - Loser to VHS
 - With 61-Down, Pollux, e.g.
 - ___-test
 - Not-quite-final software
 - Gamma preceder
 - Early release
 - It's not the final release
 - Test model
 - Test version
 - Old VCR format
 - Test stage
 - Early version
 - Second of 24
 - Measure of stock volatility
 - Commercial prefix with -max or -cam
 - Alpha, ___, gamma ...
 - Not yet final, in a way
 - Early software version
 - Early VCR format
 - Obsolete video format, for short
 - Obsolete VCR format
 - Alpha follower
 - Phi-Kappa middle
 - Second Greek letter
 - Computer program's test version
 - Software version
 - Pre-release software version
 - Obsolete videotape format
 - Word before blocker or testing
 - Type of blocker
 - Software protype
 - Greek letter
 - "B," to the Greeks
 - Kind of ray or release
 - Word before blocker
 - Version needing testing
 - Second in a certain series
 - Alpha, __, gamma
 - __ blocker
 - Not fully tested
 - With 65-Across, prerelease software tryouts
 - Not-fully-tested version
 - Software prototype
 - Old VHS alternative
 - Second in a Greek series
 - Old VHS option
 - __ carotene (vitamin A source)
 - Testing stage
 - Trial version
 - Type of test
 - Home video format, once
 - Test release
 - ___-carotene
 - Stage which may need debugging
 - Second of a series
 - Version in process
 - Word with blocker or carotene
 - Phi-Kappa connector
 - Former VHS rival
 - B, to the Greeks
 - Alpha, ___, gamma
 - Still being tested
 - Videotape format
 - Type of blocker or testing
 - Letter after alpha
 - What bugs are often found in
 - Letter from Greece
 - In development, as software
 - Test software release
 - Blocker's leader?
 - Debugging stage
 - ___ carotene (vitamin A source)
 - Not fully tested, as software
 - 2nd Greek letter
 - One of a trio
 - Second of three
 - Second letter of the Greek alphabet
 - Old tape type
 - Still being debugged
 - Onetime VHS rival
 - Alpha's follower
 - Testing letter
 - Pre-release software
 - Alpha-gamma connector
 - Bygone VHS alternative
 - Second letter
 - Letter before gamma
 - Test software version
 - Test-software version
 - Boeotian B
 - VHS contemporary
 - First Greek consonant
 - Phi-Kappa link
 - Erstwhile VHS alternative
 - Greek consonant
 - Greek B
 - ___ decay
 - Second star designation
 - Old video format
 - Next after alpha
 - Old 48-Across rival
 - Phi follower?
 - Word with "blocker" or "testing"
 - Alpha-gamma connection
 - Old VHS rival
 - It lost to VHS in part because the porn industry didn't adopt it
 - Software preview
 - Prerelease version
 - Frat letter
 - Kind of particle
 - Second letter from Greece
 - Prototype version
 - Software phase that may be buggy
 - Letter similar to a German Eszett
 - VCR format
 - VCR format of old
 - Videotape format, once
 - Stage that may need debugging
 - Sweater letters
 - Not quite fully ready
 - Not the final version
 - ___ test
 - Test letter?
 - Constellation's second brightest star
 - Un-debugged software version, perhaps
 - carotene
 - Interim software phase
 - See 22-Across
 - Software prerelease version
 - Greek 'B'
 - Aristotle's B
 - Prerelease software version
 - Kind of star
 - Letter on a key
 - Alpha chaser
 - VHS alternative of old
 - It may be full of bugs
 - ___ testing
 - What bugs are found in
 - Stage that may require debugging
 - Often-buggy software release
 - Type of software test
 - Typically buggy software version
 - Version for testing
 - A new computer program may be in it
 - Still-buggy software version
 - Initial software version
 - Plato's "b"
 - One-time VHS rival
 - Head of Byzantium?
 - In ___ (being tested)
 - Often-buggy software version
 - Software testing phase
 - App testing stage
 - Kind of particle or ray
 - Software version for testing
 - Software test
 - Not final
 - Version to debug
 - Prototype-in-progress
 - Pre-release stage
 - With 49-Down, early tryout
 - Bug-catching phase
 - Version before a stable release
 - Preliminary software version
 - Preliminary app
 - Pre-release app status
 - Gamma's predecessor
 - Testing phase
 - Prototype for playing with
 - Usually buggy version
 - Type of test for an app
 - App's early version
 - Typically buggy version
 - Early stage for some bugs?
 - Stage that may have bugs
 - Version being tested
 - App development step
 - Release with bugs, often
 - Testing stage for an app
 - Onetime VHS competitor, informally
 - Early video game release
 - Tech prototype
 - Son, in Hindi
 - Test phase
 - Prerelease, in Silicon Valley
 - Buggy app version, maybe
 - Often-buggy software stage
 - Software version that might still have some bugs
 - Possibly glitchy software release
 - ___ blockers (heart rate meds)
 - Greek letter after alpha
 - Software version that's still being tested
 - ___ tester
 - Testing phase of an app
 - Stage often filled with bugs
 - Software testing stage
 - Early stage
 - Software version designed to reveal bugs
 - Generation after Alpha
 - Onetime alternative to VHS
 - Early app edition
 
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