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noun • A lucky omen. • A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck. • Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series. verb • To give a handsel to. • To inaugurate by means of some ceremony; to break in. • To use or do for the first time, especially so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally. | ||||||||
| 32% | 7 | The first movement of a classical sonata | ||||||
noun • a brisk and lively tempo • a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner adverb • in a quick and lively tempo adjective satellite • (of tempo) fast | ||||||||
| 32% | 8 | First movement of a concerto often in sonata form | ||||||
noun • a composition for orchestra and a soloist | ||||||||
Composer Includes First Sonata As Inaugural Gift Crossword Clue
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HANDSEL which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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Updated: October 14, 2023
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