| Common start to the stories of the Disney princesses who show up with some witty advice in 18a, 21a, 32a, 12d, and 23d: 4 wds. |
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| Continue a poem after rewriting opening phrase |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Jan 2026 |
| Top of a tale (4,4,1,4) |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Dec 2025 |
| Opening an account like this long ago? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Dec 2025 |
| Formerly the start of a story (4,4,1,4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Open auction organised by me in the past (4,4,1,4) |
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| Tale's opener (4,4,1,4) |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Opening to a fairy story |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Jun 2025 |
| How to start a children's story? (4,4,1,4) |
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| Story start (4,4,1,4) |
The Guardian Quick |
14 May 2025 |
| Story starter? |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Story opener? |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Formerly the start of a story (4,4,1,4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Words used as the opening of many children's stories (4,4,1,4) |
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| It's a familiar story line |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Famous fairy-tale opener (4 words) |
Family Time |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Fairytale beginning? |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Continue a poem, foolishly, though it has cliched opening line? |
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| Punctual banks pounce, oddly, on a way to open account |
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| Start of many stories (4 wds.) |
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| Quentin Tarantino film, '- in Hollywood' (2019) (4,4,1,4) |
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| ABC series set in Storybrooke |
TV |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Storybook starter, and what you’ll find three instances of in this puzzle |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Oct 2023 |
| Cliched start in a poem -- continue working |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Jun 2023 |
| How the story began came out in open letters |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Mar 2023 |
| Words you would use to start a fairy tale?: 4 wds. |
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| Story's beginning when at university and punctual about answer |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Oct 2020 |
| "___ in Hollywood," 2019 drama film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt: 4 wds. |
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| How a childhood romance may start |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Jul 2019 |
| Fairy story opening |
The Times Concise |
31 May 2019 |
| How to start a childhood romance? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Actors Josh Dallas and Ginnifer Goodwin began dating during the filming of this fantasy drama television series: 4 wds. |
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| Fairy tale beginning |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Dec 2017 |
| Continue a poem that�s rewritten start of story |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Start of a fairytale |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Aug 2017 |
| Familiar story line |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2016 |
| Familiar story line |
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| Story line |
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| Fairy tale's start |
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| Grimm beginning |
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| Opening words |
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| Not now? |
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| A beginning |
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| Magic words of childhood. |
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