Clues for the word "BEGIN"
We've had 90 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 219 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on May 13, 2026.
Definition of begin
- v. i. - To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
- v. i. - To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start.
- v. t. - To enter on; to commence.
- v. t. - To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.
- n. - Beginning.
Referring Clues
- Get one's feet wet
- Go ahead
- Raise the curtain
- "Hit it!"
- Launch
- "___ the Beguine"
- Former Israeli PM Menachem
- Commence
- Open
- Kick off
- Get rolling
- Found
- Start
- Name before Reagan in "We Didn't Start the Fire"
- Get started
- Get going
- Arise
- Get to work
- Set in motion
- Signer of the Camp David Accords
- Test proctor's command
- Embark on
- Fall to
- Sadat's co-Nobelist
- Get cracking
- Proctor's command
- Initiate
- Word from a proctor
- Be the first to do so
- Lead off
- "Finnegan ___ Again"
- Opposite of end
- Israeli prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner, d. 1992
- Misguidedly being open!
- Set about Ben for taking Joe in
- Start being messed about
- To start with, Joe interrupts Ben
- Start to live on drink
- Start being upset
- Being wrong, it's the first thing to do
- Start a drunken binge
- Do something original
- Give a start
- Dawn's bum and hip
- Initiate former Israeli PM
- Israeli prime minister who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with President Sadat
- Start being different
- Initiate Israeli leader
- Get things started
- Start endless dance? That's not acceptable
- Initiate request at home
- Plead at home to make a start
- Get under way
- Start, for example, in waste container
- Start being slightly confused
- Set off
- Go first
- Command following a countdown
- Activate
- Get the ball rolling
- 1-Across's co-Nobelist
- Start a wild binge
- Possibly being open
- Start, commence
- Do first things first
- Institute
- Officially get things going
- Get the show on the road
- Start to live with spirit
- Being wrong is only the first thing to do!
- Start being clever
- To start with, Ben embraces Joe
- Start being maladjusted
- Apt first Across answer
- Start off
- Word heard at the start of a test
- Open and endlessly benign, perhaps
- "Charity ___s at home"
- Cue at an audition
- Start to plead for an end to pain
- Start being reformed
- To start with, Benjamin embraces Joe
- Appeal, only to be given 'not out', at the start
- "You may start the test!"
- Set out
- Proctor's directive
- Kick things off
- "To ___ with" ("In the first place")
- Proctor's cue
- "You may ___"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 13, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 31, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - March 02, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - February 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 28, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 18, 2025
- New York Times - December 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 25, 2025
- LA Times - September 23, 2025
- New York Times - September 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 14, 2025
- New York Times - August 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 07, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 25, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 27, 2025
- New York Times - May 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 10, 2025
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