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Prelims Crossword Clue

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97%7Exact Match!
noun

• the first event in a series

• a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens

• a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)

96%6Exact Match!
noun

• formally making a person known to another or to the public

• a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music

95%5Exact Match!
noun

• a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

• the presence of heat

• the sensation caused by heat energy

• the trait of being intensely emotional

• applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

• a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

• utility to warm a building

verb

• make hot or hotter

• provide with heat

• arouse or excite feelings and passions

• gain heat or get hot

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New York Times01 Sep 2018 Down 32
New York Times13 Apr 2008 Down 49
New York Times24 Jan 1998 Down 23
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