First Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue First featured in Times Sunday Concise puzzle on October 19, 2025. We have found 47 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ORIGINAL.

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28 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
ORIGINAL First (8) The Times Sunday Concise Oct 19, 2025
INITIAL First (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 7, 2025
INAUGURAL First (9) (9) The Guardian Quick Jul 10, 2025
STEPONE "First ... " (7) LA Times Daily Dec 22, 2024
FORASTART First (3,1,5) (9)
DEBUT First (5) Newsday Feb 4, 2023
LEADING First (7) The Guardian Quick Sep 29, 2022
BEFOREHAND First (10) Wall Street Journal May 5, 2022
EARLIEST First (8) The Telegraph Quick Aug 20, 2021
PRELIMINARY First (11) The Telegraph Quick May 2, 2021

19 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
24% MATE First __ (4) Newsday Oct 4, 2025
24% COME First ___, first served (4) USA Today Aug 22, 2025
23% GEORGE First president's first name (6) LA Times Daily Sep 10, 2025
23% WHOS "___ on First?" (4) Universal Jul 6, 2025
23% THINGS First - first (6)
23% INWAR "First __, first..." (5)
23% ARCHE First, at first (5)
23% ERST At first, at first (4)
21% FIFO "First in, first out" (4)
21% DOWN The "first" in "first and ten" (4) LA Times Daily Dec 21, 2020

Clues for The Times Sunday Concise Puzzle on October 19, 2025

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"In a crossword, 'First' often hints at something inaugural or initial. 'Inaugural' means the first of its kind, like an inaugural speech or event. So, the answer to this clue is 'INAUGURAL'."