Answer: ANTE
ANTE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 842 times.
Referring Clues:
- Pot builder?
- Add to the pot
- Pot builder
- Amount to be raised?
- Initial offering?
- Morning's start, in old Rome?
- Kitty feed
- Amount to be raised, maybe
- Penny, perhaps
- Blue chip, maybe
- It's just for openers
- Upfront money
- Poker starter
- Pot starter
- Individual share
- You have to be upfront about this
- Penny, sometimes
- Pot grower?
- Dealer's demand
- Start for a kitty
- Chip in chips
- Bet
- Cough up
- Chip for a pot
- Pot component
- Opening bit
- What's required to be "in"
- Poker pot starter
- Cost of cards
- Opening wager
- Get the pot going
- It's a start
- Prime the pot
- White chip, often
- Starting stake
- Poker player's payment
- Deal preceder
- Chip in
- Put up stakes
- Advance amount
- Upfront amount
- Startup cost
- Play opener
- Prefix with room
- Opening amount
- Pay to play
- Cough (up)
- It's for openers
- At times it's upped
- Pay one's share, with "up"
- Money to play with
- Price of a hand
- Pony up
- Chamber lead-in
- Put one's two cents in?
- Poker stake
- Pay (up)
- Opening stake
- It's a starter
- Put in the pot
- Stud fee?
- Prepay, with "up"
- A few chips, perhaps
- ___ meridiem
- Prefix with date
- Contribution before the deal
- Pay for a hand
- A chip, maybe
- Contribution to a pot
- Start a pot
- Start the pot
- Table payment
- It goes to pot
- Hand demand?
- Part of A.M.
- Table stake
- Stud stake
- Penny ___
- Some chips, maybe
- Feed the kitty
- Poker payment
- Poker pot primer
- Requirement for some games
- Fork over, with "up"
- Initial stake
- What you may do to get a hand
- Handful of chips, maybe
- Payment at a table
- Part of a pot
- Kitty starter
- With 2-Down, ancients
- Pot foundation
- A few chips in the pot, maybe
- Penny-___ (trivial)
- It goes in the center of the table
- Show that one's in?
- Gambler's stake
- Indication of serious intent
- It goes in the middle of the table
- Prelude to a deal
- Penny, maybe, in poker
- Gaming table fee
- Chip on the table, maybe
- A couple of chips in the pot, maybe
- Help make a pot
- The "a" in a.m.
- Put in to get in
- A penny is a small one
- A couple of chips in the pot, say
- Kick into the pot
- Toss in a chip, say
- A few chips, say, in poker
- It's put in a pot
- Requirement in a game of dealer's choice
- Pay the kitty
- You might get a hand for it
- It may be upped
- Blind relative?
- Put (up)
- Requirement for a hand, say
- Get in on a deal
- Put up
- Start the kitty
- Start a pot going
- Start to date?
- It might get your kitty going
- Table center piece?
- Prefix with chamber
- A couple of chips, maybe
- Start a hand, maybe
- Buy in
- Chip without dip?
- It may be raised at a table
- Pot part
- Blue chip, perhaps
- Penny ___ (low-stakes game)
- Poker opener
- The first chip, usually
- It precedes the first bet
- Kitty sweetener
- Chamber opening?
- Poker pot
- It's handed over for a hand
- It makes a kitty grow
- Kick in
- Penny-___ (rinky-dink)
- Front money
- Stake
- Poker requirement
- Kick into the kitty
- Kick in a chip
- Poker contribution
- Chip on the table
- Money up front
- Pay in advance
- Payment up front
- 3-Down stake
- Chip in a chip for starters
- Chips, without dip?
- Poker term
- Chip on the table, perhaps
- Pot maker
- Gambler's input
- Chip that starts a pot
- Players may up it
- Poker pot input
- Initial payment
- Pot entry
- Get in on the deal
- Pay your share, with "up"
- Card player's stake
- Entry fee for a poker hand
- Get in on the pot
- Player's pot
- Pot addition
- Put your money down, with "up"
- Deserve a hand?
- Dealer's requirement
- Kitty contribution
- World Poker Tour contribution
- Venture capital?
- Buy into a poker game
- Opening poker bet
- World Poker Tour payment
- Kick into the opening pot
- Play to pay
- Show interest in a deal
- Chip in a chip, perhaps
- Poker buy-in
- Money on the table, maybe
- Pre-deal ritual
- Play money?
- Pot sweetener
- Handover for a hand
- First pot contribution
- Entrance fee of a sort
- Chip in a chip
- Price for a hand
- One chip, often
- Price to play a hand
- Build the pot
- Get in the game
- It's usually one chip
- Omaha payment
- Throw in a chip
- Kick in, say
- Word on a Caribbean Stud Poker table
- The A of A.M.
- Payment for a hand
- Poker table payment
- Blind, essentially
- Penny-___ (small-time)
- Guts payment
- Hold'em payment
- Anaconda payment
- Hand-delivery charge?
- Bring-in's cousin
- Prefix with penultimate
- Stud requirement
- Indicate you're in
- Show that you want a hand
- Vide ___ (see before, in Latin)
- Room opening?
- Before: Prefix
- Cause a pot to have a chip in it?
- Cousin of pre-
- Blind supplement, sometimes
- Pot payment
- Pony (up)
- Amount of money that can be raised?
- Cost to get in on the deal
- "Deal me in" indicator
- It gets the pot going
- Pre-deal payment
- Opening chip
- It may follow a cut
- First chip in
- Kitty insert
- Gambler's obligation
- Opening payment
- Feed the kitty?
- Preliminary stake
- Payment made by hand?
- Pay to hold one's hand?
- Amount preceding bets
- Chip in a pot
- Front money?
- It often precedes a deal
- Dealer's request
- Poker game starter
- Date leader?
- It leads to a deal
- Pot filler
- Required investment of a kind
- Kitty food?
- Game starter
- Penny-__ poker
- Stud buy-in
- Sweeten the pot
- Latin preposition
- Pay to play 19 Across
- Poker-game starter
- Gin-game pot
- Hold-'em ritual
- Contribute to the pot
- A.M. beginning
- Pony up, in poker
- Start the spot
- Feed the pot
- Poker-hand starter
- First penny, perhaps
- Pot toss-in
- Cost to play
- Poker-pot starter
- One chip, perhaps
- Poker-game precursor
- Pitch in
- Contribute, in a way
- Chip, at times
- Pot deposit
- Pre- kin
- Penny-__ (small-time)
- Pay to play cards
- Up-front payment
- Price to play
- Ask for a hand, perhaps
- Poker-hand preliminary
- You have to be upfront with it
- Kick in to a pot
- ''I'm in'' indicator
- "I'm in" indicator
- Pot additive
- You'll get a hand for it
- Pay to hold hands
- Deal prelude
- Ingredient in a pot
- Add to the kitty
- ''Post'' opposite
- Up-front amount
- Post opposite
- A hand-holder may build on this
- Kitty feed?
- Pot for gamblers
- Alternative to blinds
- Pay to hold a hand
- Sometimes it's upped
- Cost to be dealt in
- Opening bet, in poker
- It can be upped
- Word in the a.m.?
- It can lead to raises
- Cough up for a kitty
- Player's payment
- Start to date
- Charge for a hand delivery?
- Dealer's call
- Stake to partake
- Feed the kitty a penny?
- Initial contribution
- Up-front poker payment
- Poker chip-in
- It means the same as 4-Down
- Amount to be raised
- Cut follower, often
- Player's contribution
- It's tossed in a pot
- It's upped at times
- Stake in the game
- Dealer's call, perhaps
- Initial contribution of a sort
- It may lead to a good deal
- Kick in for a hand
- Player's stake
- Get the kitty going
- It may precede a deal
- Cough up a chip?
- Chamber starter
- Deal prelude, often
- What a player may risk first
- Kick in on a deal
- A chip in the pot, perhaps
- Addition to the pot
- Dealer's request, perhaps
- Prelude to a deal, perhaps
- You're out until this is put in
- Attachment to a date?
- Where the chips may fall
- Gaming stake
- Poker fee
- You're out until you put this in
- --- meridiem
- Up-front money
- Amount to be raised, perhaps
- Prove that you want a hand
- Amount preceding a bet
- Money for the pot
- Pot-building payment
- Chamber head?
- Poker player's contribution
- Start a poker pot
- A penny in a pot, perhaps
- Pony up for a hand
- Give some money to the pot
- Chips in the pot
- Chip or two, maybe
- Brutus' "before"
- Initial wager
- Poker pot builder
- A chip or two to start with
- Active volcano near Messina
- "___ up!" (game cry)
- Poker pitch-in
- Throw in a few chips, say
- Opening poker contribution
- Folder's minimum loss
- Poker ritual
- Indicate "I'm in"
- Starter chips
- Price of play
- Minute stake?
- Starting chip
- Cash for cards
- Put into the pot
- Contribution to the pot
- Produce, with "up"
- Chip in a pot, maybe
- Put in some chips
- Date opening?
- Money for a hand
- Start the poker pot
- Part of AM
- Initial poker payment
- Initial chip
- Up-front amount, in poker
- Indication that you want a hand
- Required payment
- Penny in a pot, sometimes
- "Post" opposite
- Show that you're in
- Bread on the table?
- Stake on the table
- Play money
- Penny-___ poker
- Starting poker stake
- Bring-ins cousin
- It may be accompanied by a blind
- Hand requirement
- It's pitched into the pot
- Poker pot money
- ___ up (pay one's share)
- Prefix with chamber or bellum
- A few bucks to start the pot, say
- Initial poker stake
- Game stake
- Opening bet
- Minimum poker loss
- First chip tossed in
- Advance of a sort
- Chip to start
- ___ meridiem (morning: Lat.)
- Toss in a chip
- Chips for cards
- Stud money
- Contribute, with "up"
- Bread on the table, maybe
- What you may need to do to get a hand
- Sweeten the pot a little?
- Deal prerequisite?
- Poker precursor
- Something that's just for starters?
- Penny wager
- Before in combos
- Before, in combos
- Put down some chips
- Fixed stake
- Kitty cash
- Date introduction?
- Prior to: pref.
- Certain forced bet
- First chip thrown in
- Poker price
- Hand cost
- Start a hand
- Player's fee
- Pot bit
- Pot contribution
- Cost of a hand
- First chip
- Stud fee
- Pot start
- Poker cost
- Kitty chip
- Poker post
- Cards' cost
- Payment to play
- Poker penny
- Deal prerequisite, maybe
- Chip, maybe
- Starting money of a sort
- Let go to pot?
- A chip before the deal
- A chip for a kitty
- Pot booster
- Kick off a poker hand
- First chip, perhaps
- Before, to Brutus
- Show you're in
- "___ up!": "Pay your share!"
- Be up front with it to get a hand
- You might add it to the pot
- Poker payment (and word that runs up in 1-, 8-, 10-, and 21-Down)
- Predeal chip
- Pre-deal chip
- Entry fee
- Chip in a new pot
- Opening chip, in poker
- Kick into a pot
- Cost for a deal?
- Stake in a pot
- Money for pot?
- Yours and mine
- Pre-deal request
- Certain stake
- Something to raise at poker
- Texas holdum stake
- Required bet
- It helps a kitty grow
- Opposite of "post"
- You're out unless you put this in
- First few chips, usually
- Contribute to a pot
- Start a poker hand
- Poker hand starter
- Penny or matchstick, in some poker games
- Opening pay-in
- Pay to play poker
- Bettor's starter
- Payment up-front
- Predeal payment
- Commitment to the game
- Start a Texas hold 'em hand
- Pot chip
- Pay-to-play fee
- Not post-
- A 34-Across, maybe
- Hand starter
- Status quo ___
- Date or room opener
- A few poker chips, maybe
- Before: Lat.
- Help to create a nice pot
- Start the pot going
- ___ up
- Something to raise
- Chip in for a hand?
- Pot sweetner
- Cash on hand?
- Kitty builder
- Poker pot seed
- Pre-
- Upfront stake
- Help to create a big pot
- Stake on a table
- Price for hand delivery?
- Prefix for room
- Pay up to get in on
- Poker-pot part
- Advance on a table
- Poker player's must-do
- Stakes before the deal
- Entry fee?
- Poker dealer's demand
- Bet all players must make
- Toss a chip in the pot
- Pay to join the hand
- First chip, often
- Initial money for the pot
- Pay to play, as poker
- Cost of staying in
- Put money in the kitty
- Gambler's payment
- A chip, sometimes
- Hold 'em opener
- Gambler's deposit
- Begin a pot
- Join the game
- Poker pay-in
- You're not in until it's in
- Poker money
- Poker pot-builder
- Get the pot started
- What you pay to play
- A chip, at times
- Stake for Maverick
- Poker dealer's requirement
- Poker play
- Pot ingredient?
- Put in a chip
- Prefix with bellum
- Maverick's payment
- Throw in the first chips
- A single poker chip, sometimes
- It might be a blue chip
- Pot money
- Chip in a pot?
- Poker opener, perhaps
- What seals the deal?
- Up the ___ (make things more interesting, in a way)
- *M
- It's often upped
- 24-Across starter
- Neat anagram?
- Poker hand fee
- You have to be up front with it
- Penny-___
- Feed a pot
- One way to get a hand
- Pot enhancer
- Way to get a deal started
- Gambling stake
- Payment to play cards
- A poker stake
- A.m. word
- It can be a single chip
- Hold 'em fee
- Part of "a.m."
- Starting bet
- Part of a large pot
- Start to fill a pot
- Poker word
- Prefix with diluvian
- Poker chip, sometimes
- Payment for a poker hand
- Chips in a pot, sometimes
- First chip in a pot
- Card-game stake
- Pre-deal poker requirement
- Way to get a guaranteed hand
- Gambling word
- Hold 'em ritual
- Arbitrary stake
- Initial poker cost
- One or two poker chips, maybe
- Something to give a kitty?
- Poker pay-in
- Throw a chip in the pot
- First poker stake
- Penny, maybe
- Get into a poker game, say
- Las Vegas opener
- Startup money?
- Indicate that one needs a hand?
- Kick in for a poker hand
- Starting poker chip
- It will get you a hand
- Penny bet
- Get in a hand
- Before, when placed before
- Starting poker pot contribution
- Player's fixed contribution
- First chip in the pot
- Stay in
- Punt
- Stud starter
- Hand's cost
- Before
- Poker hand requirement
- Price of hand delivery?
- Poker bet that's not optional
- It's for starters
- Poker paying
- Put up a stake
- Prefix for date or room
- Poker player's entrance fee
- Opening poker chips
- What starts some games
- Charge for a hand
- First chip in the poker pot
- Required bet, in poker
- Draw money?
- Forced bet
- Kitty start
- Large pot supported with several hands
- Mandatory bet
- Certain entrance fee
- Texas Hold 'em start
- Price for part of a deck?
- Opening poker stake
- Texas Hold 'em fee
- Initial bet
- 59 Across ritual
- Penny, in some poker games
- Join the poker game
- Cost to get in
- Required bet in poker
- Poker pot component
- Penny-___ (trifling)
- Thing to do before you raise
- "___ up!" (card player's cry)
- Money wagered
- Cost of playing
- Kitty feeder
- Upfront bet
- Steak
- Poker pot payment
- Penny-___: trivial
- Starting chip in poker
- Initial poker chip
- Pre-deal wager
- Up the ___
- Chip in, with "up"
- Up the pot
- Pot thickener?
- Prefix with bellum or meridian
- First chip, maybe
- Penny, in poker
- Thing to up in poker
- Starter on a table
- Date preceder
- Couple of chips, maybe
- "Cough up," in poker
- Card game stake
- Post's opposite
- Hold 'em starter
- Required poker bet
- First bet in a summer World Series
- First poker chip
- Join the game, in a way
- Chip or coin thrown in the pot
- Prefix like pre-
- Sort of admission fee
- Hand's chip
- Required poker chip
- It's tossed into a pot
- Place a bet
- Part of a poker pot
- Wager
- Certain buy-in
- Money for cards
- Initial chip thrown in
- It's upped in poker
- Part of a pot on the table
- Get in on a poker game
- Entry fee of a sort
- Penny ___ (cards pay-in)
- Predeal stake
- Fee for all
- Share evenly
- Stake of a sort
- Gambler's bet
- It's usually put in the middle of a table
- ___ up (pay)
- Penny-___: unimportant
- Casino game requirement, often
- Pot throw-in
- Cost to get a hand
- Poker hand buy-in
- Chip to start with
- One or two chips, maybe
- Up the ___ (risk more)
- Upfront poker stake
- Initial house payment?
- Payment before a hand
- Omaha stake
- Pre-deal stake
- Kitty input
- One poker chip, perhaps
- The "a" of a.m.
- Food for the kitty?
- Poker hand cost
- Initial game payment
- Prepare to get a hand
- Prefix with date or chamber
- Lope opening?
- Dealer's request to a poker player
- Chip in for a hand
- Play fare
- Stud poker bet
- Something to do before a deal
- Prefix for "penultimate"
- It might be upped at the poker table
- Draw poker bet
- Need to play, say
- Round tab
- Kitty starter, in poker
- Cost to play a poker hand
- Up the ___: raise the stakes
- Toss in chips before the deal
- Relative of a blind, in poker
- Payment in poker
- Penny-___ (insignificant)
- Required game payment
- What to do if you'd like a hand
- Start-up money?
- Poker prerequisite
- Poker entry fee
- Anagram of "neat"
- Feed the kitty, in poker
- Penultimate prefix
- Required Hold 'em bet
- Pay for a poker hand
- Start to build a pot
- Required wager
- One chip, maybe
- Poker bet
- Upping the ___
- Required pot contribution
- Poker pot part
- Mandatory bet in poker
- Opposite of post-
- Ask to be handed a hand?
- Hold 'em term
- Way to pay to play
- Chip in, in a way
- Kick in seed money
- Stud fee, maybe
- Prefix meaning "before"
- Texas Hold'em stake
- Toss in a chip, maybe
- A few chips, maybe
- Pre-deal bet in poker
- Toss in a chip, perhaps
- Deal precursor
- Mandatory poker bet
- Cost of a 44-Across
- A jokester might say "And the pot thickens" after one
- Initial poker bet
- Starter at some tables
- Request a hand, say
- Up the ___ (raise the stakes)
- Starting 30-Down bet
- Mandatory contribution in poker
- Meridian opening
- Poker hand staple
- Pot price
- Starter chip
- You won't get cards without it
- Lead-in to date
- Post counterpart
- Chip in?
- Pay to get in a card game
- Alternative to a blind, in poker
- Upped the ___
- Card game requirement, maybe
- Get in the game?
- Pay to play a hand
- Get the poker pot going
- A of A.M.
- A couple of chips, perhaps
- It goes in the middle of a table
- Small table fare?
- Starting poker payment
- Before opening?
- Casino buy-in
- Pay for a hand of cards
- Cost of hand delivery?
- Folder's loss
- Buy in, say
- Upfront payment before a deal is made
- A couple of chips, say
- Starting pay?
- Prerequisite to a deal
- Show interest in receiving a hand
- Put some chips on the table, in a way
- Precursor to a deal
- Poker game buy-in
- Two chips, say
- Poker hand payment
- Put into a pot
- Before-
- Poker table contribution
- Chip in a poker chip
- Chip in a chip, say
- Fee for a card-carrying member?
- Poker action
- Money paid for a hand
- Pay to play, in a way
- Entry fee for some clubs?
- Toss a chip into the pot
- Payment before a deal
- Starting poker bet
- Something upped in poker
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