Before start of play, tense captain's opening ploy Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Before start of play, tense captain's opening ploy last seen in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TACTIC.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TACTIC Before start of play, tense captain's opening ploy (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 5, 2025
49% ACTONE Play opener (6) Thomas Joseph Nov 14, 2025
49% ACTI Play opener (4) Eugene Sheffer Nov 5, 2025
45% TURNEDPRO Started playing for pay (9) USA Today Dec 9, 2025
45% FIRSTACT Play opener (8) Eugene Sheffer Sep 5, 2025
43% EDGY Tense (4) (4) Puzzler Dec 20, 2025
43% DRAMATIC Tense and exciting (8) The Times Concise Dec 15, 2025
43% PAST Kind of tense? (4) Universal Nov 29, 2025
43% ONSET Start playing notes (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Nov 16, 2025
43% BUNT Batting ploy (4) Newsday Oct 19, 2025

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