INITIATE Crossword Clue & Answer

We found 203 solutions for 'INITIATE' with 3 to 18 letters.
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The clue "initiate" last appeared in the The Telegraph Quick crossword on May 3, 2020. The correct answer for this puzzle is "TRIGGER", a 7-letter word.

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Clue
Answer
Length
INITIATE with 16 letters
DUES-PAYING MEMBER
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INITIATE with 17 letters
TAKE THE INITIATIVE
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INITIATE with 18 letters
CARD-CARRYING MEMBER
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Top answers for INITIATE crossword clue from newspapers

TRIGGER
ORIGINATE
PIONEER
BEGIN
START

Definition of initiate

  • accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"; people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"; someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"

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Solution BEGIN is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution BEGIN is 5 letters long. We have 24 further solutions of the same word length.

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There are 203 solutions. The longest is CARD-CARRYING MEMBER with 18 letters, and the shortest is FAG with 3 letters.

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Solutions are between 3 and 18 letters long.

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Initiated
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Initiates
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Initiate for discussion
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society initiate
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Funding to initiate a project
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Initiate an action
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Initiate the growth of
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Like a fully initiated Mafia member
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Money to initiate a project
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One who's been initiated
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Pope who initiated the First Crusade
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Someone who originates, causes or initiates something
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person or thing that initiates
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AUSTRALIAN Aboriginal, initiated
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Initiate, maybe
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Initiate litigation
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Initiate cruelly
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Initiate, as a conversation
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Initiate a criminal trial
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‘INITIATE’ isn’t just a clue – it’s also a popular crossword answer! Check out these clues where ‘INITIATE’ is the solution:
Clue Answer
Begin, as a discussion (8)
initiate
To set going (8)
Cause to begin (8)
Launch (8)
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