- OPENERS
- For __ (to begin with)
- Season ___ (annual kickoffs ... or the circles on the left side of the grid)
- How's that for __?
- First things
- Series starters
- Tools for canned goods
- Utensils for canned goods
- Intros
- Season straters
- First bids
- Kitchen gadgets
- Jacks or better, sometimes
- Corkscrews, essentially
- Bar gadgets
- Some operate remotely
- Pair of jacks, perhaps
- Keys
- Kitchen-drawer implements
- Kitchen devices
- Bar or jar accessories
- Initial acts
- Jacks or better, in poker
- A pair of jacks.
- Tools used in kitchenettes.
- Jacks or better, at poker.
- Kitchen tools.
- Jacks or better.
- First games of a season.
- Gadgets for kitchen use.
- Poker term.
- Poker holding.
- Certain poker players
- Jacks or better, usually
- Kitchen utensils
- Keys or jacks
- Pair of jacks, often
- Starters
- A pair of jacks, maybe
- Jacks, e.g.
- Church keys
- Just for ___
- Jacks or better, say, in poker
- Beer drinkers' utensils
- Prelims
- Corkscrews, e.g.
- First games
- Jimmies and corkscrews
- See 126-Across or 62-Down
- Tour-schedule listings
- First games of the season
- Bottle or can gadgets
- Corkscrew and key, for two
- They warm up the crowd
- Jacks, perhaps
- First acts
- Jacks or better, e.g.
- Concert starters
- Initial performers
- Starting points
- Season premieres
- Jacks, sometimes
- Acts before the main event
