The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PRELUDE , but the solution may also be INTRO which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Overture crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRELUDE | 67 % | 7 |
| BID | 17 % | 3 |
| INTRO | 17 % | 5 |
Why may INTRO be the right solution?
The word "overture" refers to an introduction to something, like a musical piece or a speech. "Intro" is a common abbreviation for introduction, making it the right solution.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Overture
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- advance
- approach
- feeler
- preliminary
- prelude
- open
- opening
- commencement
- invitation
- proposal
- offer
- initiation
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.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PRELUDE
- Score in the early going?
- Tuneful appetizer?
- Short musical composition
- Warmup
- Introduction to a Bach fugue
- Bach piece
- Opening piece
- Chopin piece
- Musical intro
- Chopin-type piece.
More clues leading to the result BID
- Auctioneers ask for it
- What a nod might signal
- Contractor's proposal
- Nod, perhaps
- Action on eBay
- Club opening?
- Pass, say
- Act at an auction
- Auction action
- With 76-Across, say goodbye