News story's first paragraph Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue News story's first paragraph . 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LEAD.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LEAD News story's first paragraph (4)
7% STAIR First step to a new story? (5) USA Today Nov 27, 2025
7% INDENTS Starts a new paragraph (7) Universal Oct 12, 2025
6% SITON Suppress, as a news story (5) Universal Nov 18, 2025
5% THEN So which bit of news comes first? (4) The Times Cryptic Nov 28, 2025
5% HOP Story (3) USA Today Quick Nov 23, 2025
5% TALE Story (4) USA Today Quick Nov 23, 2025
5% SAGA It's a long story! (4) Universal Nov 23, 2025
5% ATTIC Top story (5) Thomas Joseph Nov 22, 2025
5% BASED "___ on a true story" (5) USA Today Nov 22, 2025
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