Beginning of an offensive (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Beginning of an offensive (5) . 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ONSET.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ONSET Beginning of an offensive (5) (5)
11% ODIUM Offensiveness, hatred (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 12, 2025
11% FOULS Basketball offenses (5) New York Times Mini Oct 5, 2025
11% ABOMINABLE Offensive (10) (10) Mirror Classic Oct 2, 2025
11% REEK Smell offensively (4) The Telegraph Quick Sep 17, 2025
11% RUDE "How offensive!" (4) Universal Sep 5, 2025
11% AWOL USAF offense (4) Newsday Sep 4, 2025
11% INSULTING Offensive (9) The Times Sunday Concise Aug 17, 2025
10% OUTSET Beginning (6) Puzzler Backwords Oct 5, 2025
10% END "It was the beginning of the ___" (3)
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