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Word "OPENER" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
Synonyms:
undoer, unfastener, untier

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the first event in a series
Examples:
she played Chopin for her opener
the season's opener was a game against the Yankees

Crossword Clues for OPENER

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Batsman needed by barman (6) Puzzler Cryptic 01 Sep 2025
First batter (6) Mirror Quick 25 Aug 2025
Cricketer useful in the kitchen (6) Mirror Cryptic 25 Aug 2025
First batter in cricket (6) Mirror Classic 22 Aug 2025
First song Newsday 21 Aug 2025
Bottle ___ (kitchen gadget)
First act at a concert USA Today 18 Aug 2025
Warm-up for a headliner LA Times Daily 10 Aug 2025
Batter who faces the first ball of an innings The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 09 Aug 2025
Conversation starter USA Today 16 Jul 2025
First batsman (6) Mirror Quick 12 Jul 2025
Cricketer useful in the kitchen (6) Mirror Cryptic 12 Jul 2025
Remover of tin-can lids (6)
Batter needed by bar staff (6)
Bottle-top remover (6) Puzzler 27 Jun 2025
First comedian of the night Universal 26 Jun 2025
First game of the season Universal 22 Jun 2025
A utensil used to get into something like a bottle or a tin (6)
Kitchen gadget for cans
First batsman (6) Mirror Quick 16 Jun 2025
Cricketer useful in the kitchen (6) Mirror Cryptic 16 Jun 2025
Warmup act Universal 12 Jun 2025
Player who starts the betting in cards (6)
Leading batter in cricket
Cricketer one taking cap off? The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2025
Act before the headliner Commuter 16 May 2025
First event in series The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2025
Act before the headliner Universal 08 May 2025
First batter Mirror Quick 06 May 2025
Cricketer useful in the kitchen Mirror Cryptic 06 May 2025
Writer in over-poetic beginning (6)
Leading batsman's gadget for accessing the booze? The Times Quick Cryptic 30 Apr 2025
First game of the season New York Times 20 Apr 2025
First batter to play (6)
Cricketer useful in the kitchen Mirror Cryptic 19 Apr 2025
First batsman Mirror Quick 19 Apr 2025
To a cook, it doesn't mean the same as "a starter" (6)
Band before the main attraction
One of two cricketers batting first The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 13 Feb 2025
Batsman useful in the kitchen? (6)
First game of a doubleheader LA Times Daily 05 Feb 2025
The first to receive a delivery (6)
Work by Frenchman from the south, first item on show? (6)
Key member of cricket team?
Batsman gets useful kitchen gadget (6)
First baseball game
The first in and 50:50 chance of being the first out of the game (6)
Preface perhaps key (6) The Guardian Cryptic 31 Dec 2024
Main act (6)
Overture key, perhaps? (6)
Batsman of the canny type? (6)
Series starter LA Times Daily 08 Dec 2024
First batsman Mirror Tea Time 06 Dec 2024
Frank, with some hesitation, is first batsman (6) Puzzler Cryptic 05 Dec 2024
Means of getting into a tin of good batter The Times Quick Cryptic 30 Nov 2024
Tin can unsealing tool (6)
Word after "can" or "bottle" Universal 26 Nov 2024
Cricketer useful in kitchen? (6)
First batsman's ball-pen is with European king (6)
First game of a series or season, say
No peer can be a means of getting to the contents (6)
Key cricketer echoing obscure nepotism claims The Telegraph Toughie 07 Nov 2024
Series starter Premier Sunday 03 Nov 2024
First act New York Times 02 Nov 2024
First game in a series Wall Street Journal 19 Oct 2024
First act in a show Commuter 18 Oct 2024
First game of the season New York Times 08 Oct 2024
First or second batter The Telegraph Quick 30 Sep 2024
Corkscrew no peer could use (6)
A corkscrew the first batsman might use (6)
Cook may use a tin one (6)
Kitchen utensil: can -
This key word has no peer (6)
Batsman good at cutting?
First item on a programme (6)
First item on programme (6)
Needed for cricket at the start of innings and at drinks (6)
Key cricketer (6)
Means of getting into a tin (6) The Guardian Quick 18 Aug 2024
First batsman Mirror Classic 06 Aug 2024
Warm-up act LA Times Daily 02 Aug 2024
Act before the headliner Universal 30 Jul 2024
First game in a doubleheader Commuter 22 Jul 2024
First player (6)
When it comes to cricket, he's a beginner (6)
Old aristocrat holding new key (6) The Guardian Cryptic 15 Jul 2024
First batsman Mirror Quick 13 Jul 2024
Cricketer useful in the kitchen Mirror Cryptic 13 Jul 2024
First game of the season LA Times Daily 09 Jul 2024
A kitchen gadget - the very first one (6)
First goal that allows Reds breathing space? (6)
It precedes the main act USA Today 06 Jul 2024
Device needed to unseal a food or drinks container The Times Concise 04 Jul 2024
He starts the play as an expert having training (6)
Start with hesitation by Kent's number one
Team's first batsman (6)
First song in a show (6)
Cover remover, perhaps, in action at the start of the cricket match (6)
Beginning sentence (6)
First batsman in (6) Puzzler 28 May 2024
It removes the top for a start (6)
Cricketer's heavy blow about exercise The Times Cryptic 23 May 2024
Device used on bottles
Performer before a headliner USA Today 18 May 2024
First in series (6)
First batsman Mirror Tea Time 09 May 2024
Leading batter
Leading batsman's first act (6)
First game in series The Sun Two Speed 23 Apr 2024
One or two perhaps at the MCC? The Sun Two Speed 23 Apr 2024
NO PEER
A cook may use a tin one (6)
Top batter (6)
Lord's debutant role? Old member of Lords welcoming new
Starting act Commuter 08 Apr 2024
A canny batsman? (6)
First section in a series (6)
Utensil: can -
Utensil:can ___
First batsman with a duck to write back about (6)
No. 1 batter (6)
First match
Batter - first of the season? (6)
Key or corkscrew Premier Sunday 10 Mar 2024
The first in a series of events or actions (6)
More candid cricketer? (6)
Key batsman facing first ball (6)
He goes in first to get a gadget from the kitchen
UNLOCKS CANS
First to the crease? (6)
Can tool
Frank turned on number one cricketer? (6)
Frank turned on number one cricketer? The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Jan 2024
One taking deliveries of cherries, maybe, finding means to access container
A conversation starter; an ah-so, church key, corkscrew, MagiCan, paperknife, waiter's friend or other device for undoing; a first act, goal or song; or, the initial bidder in bridge (6)
Batter of the canny type?
Batter in upturned polystyrene pots The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Jan 2024
Game 1 LA Times Daily 24 Dec 2023
Number one or two batsman (6)
Old writer needed a little hesitation ,from the beginning (6)
First batsman Mirror Tea Time 29 Nov 2023
He bats at No. 1 - backed and protected by pure nepotism (6)
The first person named on an envelope? The Telegraph Toughie 03 Nov 2023
First game of a series Newsday 31 Oct 2023
Precursor to the main act (NEOPRENE) New York Times 29 Oct 2023
Bottle cap-removing tool
First game of the season Newsday 25 Sep 2023
First to bet Newsday 27 Aug 2023
First game Thomas Joseph 19 Aug 2023
It comes before the main event New York Times 20 Jul 2023
Warm-up act Newsday 30 Apr 2023
First of all Newsday 29 Apr 2023
Who's on first? Universal 19 Feb 2023
Top remover LA Times Daily 10 Feb 2023
Old member of the Lords welcoming new No.1 at Lord's? The Telegraph Toughie 08 Feb 2023
See 45-Down Premier Sunday 08 Jan 2023
First act LA Times Daily 01 Jan 2023
First game of the season Eugene Sheffer 16 Dec 2022
Conversation starter Wall Street Journal 27 Oct 2022
First event of a series The Guardian Quick 29 Sep 2022
Starting bid Thomas Joseph 26 Sep 2022
Top order batsman The Guardian Quick 02 Aug 2022
First game of the season LA Times Daily 04 Jul 2022
Game 1 in a playoff series New York Times 30 Jun 2022
First game of a series Newsday 13 Jun 2022
Warm-up act LA Times Daily 07 Jun 2022
Warm-up act The Washington Post 07 Jun 2022
Word after 'can' or 'eye' USA Today 05 Jun 2022
First game of the season USA Today 01 May 2022
First batsman The Times Concise 29 Apr 2022
Starting bid Thomas Joseph 16 Apr 2022
Series start Wall Street Journal 09 Mar 2022
Kitchen device that, for a writer, is often dear? The Guardian Cryptic 08 Mar 2022
Kitchen device that, for a writer, is often dear?
Warm-up act New York Times 06 Mar 2022
Word after 'letter' or 'eye' USA Today 19 Feb 2022
Old-age pensioner fails to get alongside for first game Irish Times Crosaire 01 Feb 2022
First game Thomas Joseph 08 Jan 2022
Starting bid Thomas Joseph 04 Dec 2021
One relieved by a reliever Wall Street Journal 13 Nov 2021
Bottle cap remover The Washington Post 11 Oct 2021
Bottle cap remover LA Times Daily 11 Oct 2021
First in to bat The Telegraph Quick 25 Sep 2021
Boycott, say, Frenchman rejected after work
See 26 Across The Telegraph Toughie 27 Aug 2021
Starting bid Thomas Joseph 25 Aug 2021
Season's first game LA Times Daily 04 Aug 2021
Season's first game The Washington Post 04 Aug 2021
Old writer on about Sir Len Hutton?
First batsman; utensil The Times Concise 08 Jul 2021
Gadget used on a can Universal 28 Jun 2021
Specialist batsman no stranger to the bottle?
First goal in a game The Telegraph Quick 07 Jun 2021
Game one of a series USA Today 19 Mar 2021
Bar accessory The Washington Post 28 Feb 2021
Bar accessory LA Times Daily 28 Feb 2021
First batsman in door, perhaps?
Old one with retirement allowance leaves northern Mumbai suburb for first game
Bottle drinker’s need Wall Street Journal 16 Jan 2021
Key batsman, first to face the bowling The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Dec 2020
First of a series Newsday 03 Dec 2020
First in a playoff series The Washington Post 26 Oct 2020
First in a playoff series LA Times Daily 26 Oct 2020
First batsman The Times Concise 17 Oct 2020
Serene porter on the counter pockets key
First game of the season The Washington Post 08 Sep 2020
Intro Premier Sunday 23 Aug 2020
Old-age pensioner fails to get alongside for first game Irish Times Crosaire 15 Aug 2020
Tuna access device Newsday 26 Jul 2020
Lead-in to the headliner Wall Street Journal 22 Jul 2020
During over with velocity excessive, confine batsman
Key batsman
First game of the season Eugene Sheffer 30 May 2020
First in a series Newsday 22 Apr 2020
First game in a series LA Times Daily 20 Apr 2020
First game in a series The Washington Post 20 Apr 2020
Key cricketer, first to bat
Key exercise to cut pound?
It's key for one of those dealing with deliveries early on in the field Irish Times Crosaire 21 Dec 2019
Batsman Frank accompanies leading lady The Sun Two Speed 15 Sep 2019
First event in series The Sun Two Speed 15 Sep 2019
First game of a doubleheader Wall Street Journal 03 Sep 2019
One first in but rarely last out? The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Aug 2019
Starting bid Thomas Joseph 22 Aug 2019
Utensil for cook with less guile?
Beer cap remover
One or two perhaps at the MCC? The Sun Two Speed 06 Jul 2019
Leading batsman The Sun Two Speed 06 Jul 2019
Series start Wall Street Journal 27 Jun 2019
First act of Peron revolution included Evita from the start Irish Times Crosaire 27 Jun 2019
First number The New Yorker 17 Jun 2019
Warm-up band Universal 03 Jun 2019
Top batsman The Sun Two Speed 29 May 2019
One first in but rarely last out? The Sun Two Speed 29 May 2019
Series starter Wall Street Journal 06 Apr 2019
First game of a series or season, say
First game of a series Newsday 12 Feb 2019
First game of the season Universal 24 Jan 2019
First game of the season
Series start
Warm-up band
First game of a doubleheader
Series starter
Any intro Universal 02 Dec 2018
Musical drama nearly overwhelms English batsman 
First game of a series Wall Street Journal 23 Oct 2018
Corkscrew, for example The Telegraph Quick 03 Oct 2018
Cricketer, one taking cap off? The Sun Two Speed 18 Sep 2018
Batsman The Sun Two Speed 18 Sep 2018
Intro of noble with name entered
First of a series The Washington Post 17 Aug 2018
First of a series LA Times Daily 17 Aug 2018
Expert batsman, key The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Jul 2018
Act that warms up the crowd LA Times Daily 05 Jul 2018
Act that warms up the crowd The Washington Post 05 Jul 2018
First game of a series New York Times 05 Jun 2018
First game in series The Sun Two Speed 19 May 2018
Key batsman? The Sun Two Speed 19 May 2018
Can ___ (tool that helps in bringing out the contents)
One first in but rarely last out! The Sun Two Speed 25 Apr 2018
One or two in the cricket team? The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Mar 2018
Frenchman turning up after work, the first in?
Cook's key?
First batsman The Telegraph Quick 15 Jan 2018
First game of a series
Act that warms up the crowd
First of a series
Any intro
First game of a series
Mysterious Peron consumed by the first Evita - the initial one who took to the stage Irish Times Crosaire 18 Dec 2017
Regular season starter The Washington Post Sunday 19 Nov 2017
Act that may warm up the crowd USA Today 14 Sep 2017
First game in a series Wall Street Journal 28 Aug 2017
Say, No. 1 at work with energy, but not good, has no yen
Key sporting event about to return
First game of the season Premier Sunday 30 Jul 2017
Word with can or season New York Times 27 Jul 2017
Swiss army knife tool LA Times Daily 19 Jul 2017
Swiss army knife tool The Washington Post 19 Jul 2017
First man in is key? The Times Cryptic 11 Jul 2017
First man in is key?
Part of a concert that many people impatiently sit through New York Times 09 Jul 2017
First of series of games is key
Word with "letter" or "can" Universal 04 Jul 2017
Specialist with bat or jemmy, perhaps?
One's batting bottle is undone by this The Telegraph Cryptic 17 May 2017
First in batting order The Guardian Speedy 08 Apr 2017
Expect to use this on 17 across in the early stages Irish Times Crosaire 28 Jan 2017
Letter tool Jonesin 24 Jan 2017
First of a series of games is key The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Jan 2017
Key batsman The Times Cryptic 12 Jan 2017
Act that may warm up the crowd
Part of a concert that many people impatiently sit through
Swiss army knife tool
Word with "letter" or "can"
Word with can or season
Game one of any series Universal 30 Dec 2016
Work Frenchman took up in introduction
One's first to take deliveries -- and usually runs The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Nov 2016
Kitchen utensil The Times Concise 14 Nov 2016
Does a job on Cork in the early stages Irish Times Crosaire 28 Oct 2016
Game one New York Times 19 Oct 2016
Boon perhaps, key
Oval then Lord's welcoming new batsman initially The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Sep 2016
Leading batsman's kitchen utensil
First of a series USA Today 07 Aug 2016
Key batsman facing new ball The Times Cryptic 07 Aug 2016
Bar tool LA Times Daily 06 Aug 2016
No Tutsi in pretentious first act Irish Times Crosaire 26 Jul 2016
Series start Premier Sunday 10 Jul 2016
Batsman hits ball to fence with hesitation
Batsman in demand at picnics
First event in a series is key
Over: look with care to settle in new batsman
In cricket, a batsman who plays the first ball of an innings The Guardian Speedy 28 Feb 2016
Doubleheader half LA Times Daily 17 Feb 2016
Series starter Universal 31 Jan 2016
First of all Newsday 23 Jan 2016
First game of a double-header USA Today 09 Jan 2016
Bar tool
Game one of any series
Doubleheader half
First game of a double-header
Game one
Series starter
First of a series
Cook, perhaps, poisoned person with third piece of beef, not second The Telegraph Toughie 29 Dec 2015
First event in a series The Guardian Speedy 27 Dec 2015
Old writer the Queen is the first to receive? The Times Cryptic 18 Nov 2015
First batsman has nothing to preen about
It concludes the offseason USA Today 06 Oct 2015
What Boycott was to unfold before the Queen
One of those doing warm-up with chaperones drop cash Irish Times Crosaire 11 Aug 2015
Cook maybe being more honest? The Telegraph Toughie 29 Jul 2015
First act USA Today 22 Jun 2015
Key player at Lord's?
Tin or tape cutter?
Concert's first song Newsday 26 Mar 2015
Kitchen device USA Today 19 Mar 2015
Kitchen hand tool Newsday 25 Feb 2015
Conversation starter Wall Street Journal 09 Feb 2015
Church-key, for one Eugene Sheffer 22 Jan 2015
Kitchen gadget New York Times 04 Jan 2015
Doubleheader part
First act
Kitchen hand tool
First game
Kitchen gadget
Kitchen device
Concert's first song
It concludes the offseason
Key batsman at the top
The first one in the batting order is key
Key for beginner
Beginner in a key role
One going in first to get key
Word with "garage" or "bottle"
First game of the season
Kitchen gadget
First game in a series
First act
First game of a doubleheader
Kitchen-drawer device
Word after "can" or "letter"
Start of a series
Bartending tool
Bottle cap remover
Conversation starter
Kickoff
First event in a series
Corkscrew, for wine
First act
Bar accessory
Part of a doubleheader
Church key, e.g.
First game of the season
Act before the headliner
Warm-up act
Initial act
First game in a series
Church key, e.g.
Key man, first to bat
Season's first game
Kitchen gadget
First game of a series
Game 1
Gadget that removes caps
Warmup act
Warmup act
Swiss Army knife tool
Cap remover
First game
Warm-up act
Headliner preceder
Warm-up act
Act before the headliner
First game of the season
Bartender's gadget
It concludes the off-season
Game one
Curtain raiser
Kitchen-drawer item
Game one
Bartender's need
Kitchen drawer item
Kitchen utensil
Game 1
Kitchen device
Nightcap's counterpart in a doubleheader
Barkeep's gizmo
First game, as in the World Series
Feature of some corkscrews
Kickoff
Corkscrew, for wine
Feature of some corkscrews
First number
Kitchen gadget
Earliest match
First game of the season
Bottle cap remover
First act
First game of a twin bill
First game of a double-header
Can need
Game 1 of a series
First act in a revue
Bartender's tool
First game of the season
Series starter
Nightcap's counterpart in a doubleheader
Kitchen gizmo
Doorknob or handle, e.g.
Act before the headliner
First in a series
Kitchen gizmo
Word after can or season
Corkscrew, e.g.
Handle, e.g.
Main event preceder
Start of a doubleheader
Key, e.g.
Cap lifter
First event in a series
Show's first number
Show's first number
First act
First game
First of a series
Game one
Kitchen gadget
First of a doubleheader
First game of a doubleheader
First game of the series
Main event preceder
Twin bill part
Main act prelude
Doubleheader's half
Bartender's need
It concludes the off season
Garage entry device
First game of the season
One who says "one club," e.g.
Act that precedes the headliner
Start of a series
Headliner warmup
Cap remover
Bartender's gadget
Game 1 of a series
Speaker's joke, perhaps
Picnic need
First game
Cap remover
Eye or can follower
Key, e.g.
First game of a doubleheader
First game
First game
Word after can or letter
Kitchen gadget
First game of a series
First game
Season's first game
First of 162
Church key
Church key
Tool for a tin
First piece
Lid lifter
Kitchen gadget
Kitchen gadget
First game
Church key
Garage or bottle
Kickoff
Start of a series
Camper's aid
First game of a doubleheader
Word with bottle or season
Church key, e.g.
It concludes the off season
Tool for canned goods
Word with eye or can
First stage number
First of two baseball games
Can necessity before pull-tabs
First game of the season
Kitchen device
Intro
Start
Key
First game of the Series
Church key, sometimes
First bidder
First game
Kitchen drawer gadget
Warm-up act
Series start
Lead
Season___
Bartending tool
Key
First act
Key e.g.
Early April game
It goes with eye or can
Kitchen item
N.F.L. event in Sept.
Pair of jacks, e.g.
Kitchen utensil
Corkscrew
Kitchen device
First of a series
Hand at poker
Key, sometimes
First of a doubleheader
Key, e.g.
Diamond event in April
First bidder
Kickoff or overture
Eye or can follower
Word with eye or series
First game in a series
Poker player, at times
Kitchen tool
Kitchen must
Corkscrew, for one
Essential kitchen tool.
Poker hand.
Two jacks.
April event in baseball
Housewife's kitchen aid.
First act on a program.
Kitchen gadget.
Kitchen device.
Latchkey.
First game.
First game in a series.
Season's starter.
Picnic necessity.
First bid or game.
Curtain raiser.
First game of season.
Kitchen implement.
Bridge hand good enough to start the bidding with
First of the season.
First contributor to a jackpot.
First game of a double-header.
Letter ___.
First game of the season.
The first game.
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