The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PRELUDE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1958.
Introductory section, in music crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| PRELUDE | 100 % | 7 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Introductory section, in music
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- introduction
 - prelude
 - lead
 - overture
 - intro
 - exposition
 - development
 - finale
 - passage
 - battery
 - brass
 - break
 
Crossword Answer definitions
PRELUDE noun- An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
 - A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece.
 - A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
 - A forerunner to anything.
 
- To introduce something, as a prelude.
 - To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
 
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