Answer: OPENER
OPENER is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 110 times.
Referring Clues:
- Kitchen drawer item
 - Kitchen drawer gadget
 - Warm-up act
 - First game
 - Intro
 - Word with can or season
 - First of two baseball games
 - First half of a doubleheader
 - First game of a doubleheader
 - Kickoff
 - Game one
 - One who says "one club," e.g.
 - Start of a doubleheader
 - Handle, e.g.
 - Act before the headliner
 - Corkscrew, e.g.
 - First act in a revue
 - Barkeep's gizmo
 - Kitchen gadget
 - Key, e.g.
 - Tool for canned goods
 - Tool for a tin
 - Word after can or letter
 - Kitchen utensil
 - Headliner warmup
 - Garage entry device
 - Main act prelude
 - Word after can or season
 - Series starter
 - Bottle cap remover
 - Game 1 of a series
 - First act
 - First game of the season
 - Feature of some corkscrews
 - Main event preceder
 - Doubleheader half
 - Kitchen device
 - First game of a series
 - First of a doubleheader
 - Earliest match
 - First number
 - First game of a double-header
 - Bartender's tool
 - Show's first number
 - It concludes the off season
 - Nightcap's counterpart in a doubleheader
 - Bartender's gadget
 - Game 1
 - Conversation starter
 - Curtain raiser
 - Unwrapper
 - It concludes the off-season
 - Kitchen-drawer item
 - Ballpark event
 - Season's first game
 - Starting bid
 - First bid
 - Starting bet
 - First game of thseason
 - Church key, e.g.
 - Doorknob or handle, e.g.
 - Cap remover
 - Gadget that removes caps
 - Swiss Army knife tool
 - Headliner preceder
 - Warmup act
 - First game of a double header
 - Bar accessory
 - Corkscrew, for wine
 - Kitchen-drawer device
 - Part of a doubleheader
 - First game in a series
 - First match
 - Enlightening experience
 - Kitchen gizmo
 - Season ___ (first game)
 - Word after "can" or "letter"
 - Bartending tool
 - Start of a series
 - Word with "garage" or "bottle"
 - Eye or can follower
 - Zipper, e.g.
 - Cap lifter
 - Church-key, for one
 - It concludes the offseason
 - First of all
 - Can unlocker
 - Series start
 - Bar tool
 - Bar gadget
 - Game one of any series
 - Word with "letter" or "can"
 - Part of a concert that many people impatiently sit through
 - Act that may warm up the crowd
 - Act that warms up the crowd
 - First of a series
 - Any intro
 - Warm-up band
 - Season starter
 - First in a series
 - Tuna access device
 - First in a playoff series
 - Game one of a series
 - Key
 - Game 1 in a playoff series
 - Top remover
 - It comes before the main event
 - Precursor to the main act (NEOPRENE)
 - Warm-up for a headliner
 - First act at a concert
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - August 18, 2025
 - LA Times - August 10, 2025
 - USA Today - July 16, 2025
 - New York Times - April 20, 2025
 - LA Times - February 05, 2025
 - LA Times - December 08, 2024
 - New York Times - November 02, 2024
 - New York Times - October 08, 2024
 - LA Times - August 02, 2024
 - LA Times - July 09, 2024
 - LA Times - December 24, 2023
 - New York Times - October 29, 2023
 - New York Times - July 20, 2023
 - LA Times - February 10, 2023
 - LA Times - January 01, 2023
 - LA Times - July 04, 2022
 - New York Times - June 30, 2022
 - LA Times - June 07, 2022
 - New York Times - March 06, 2022
 - LA Times - October 11, 2021
 
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