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noun • something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows • music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera verb • serve as a prelude or opening to • play as a prelude | ||||||||
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noun • an authoritative direction or instruction to do something • an attempt to get something • a formal proposal to buy at a specified price • (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make verb • propose a payment • invoke upon • ask for or request earnestly • make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands • make a serious effort to attain something • ask someone in a friendly way to do something | ||||||||
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noun • the act of beginning something new • the first section of a communication • formally making a person known to another or to the public • a basic or elementary instructional text • a new proposal • the act of putting one thing into another • the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | ||||||||
Overture Crossword Clue
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PRELUDE which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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PRELUDE
Updated: October 13, 2023
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| The Guardian Quick12 Sep 2018 | Down 12 | |
| New York Times29 Mar 1992 | Down 16 | |
| New York Times25 Feb 1991 | Across 34 | |
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