Prelude to a slam dunk, often Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ALLEYOOP Prelude to a slam dunk, often (8)
6% LEDUP Was a prelude (to) (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 20, 2025
6% OREO Cookie often dunked in milk (4)
6% EASY Puzzle difficulty that's a slam dunk for crossword solvers (4)
5% PADRE "Slam Diego" player (5) LA Times Daily Jan 17, 2026
5% CHOPIN Composer of the "Raindrop" prelude (6) New York Times Jan 11, 2026
5% INTRO Prelude featured in fortnightly retrospective? (5) The Times Cryptic Jan 6, 2026
5% IMMERSE Dunk, as a cookie, perhaps (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 25, 2025
5% GOAL Tender prelude? (4) LA Times Daily Dec 21, 2025
5% EEL Fish dunked in Darjeeling (3) (3) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 20, 2025
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