Enters 'start', that is, they may be variable (8,5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% RATES Enters 'start', that is, they may be variable (8,5) (5)
7% FUNCTION Variable quantity of work (8) (8) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 22, 2025
7% ARIA Somewhat variable feature of opera (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 11, 2025
7% MASS Variable in Newton's second law (4) New York Times Oct 9, 2025
7% GOIN Enter (4) New York Times Oct 6, 2025
7% CURVE Sweep's ventriloquist starts to enter healing (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 30, 2025
7% INT Numeric variable type, in programming (3) Universal Sep 13, 2025
7% UNKNOWN Variable (7) (7) The Guardian Quick Aug 13, 2025
6% GHOST ___ variable, spooky-sounding "spirit" term for a placeholder or "dummy" variable used in programming formulas (5)
6% READYSETGO Starting line at a starting line (10) New York Times Oct 24, 2025
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