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I'd probably say it would depend on whether your radial spoke will be inbound (head out) or outbound (shoulder out).
If your going outbound then i'd leave them till last as they will be no problem to feed through and pivot up into the right position.
If your going inbound with them though you might find it difficult to get the spokes pivoted around the shoulder once all your 2 cross spokes are in place.
Imo inbound looks better for radial spokes but check Sheldon to see which is stronger as it might be outbound because that way the forces are shared better between spoke and flange.
Also imo building one side of a wheel then the other is just making life harder for yourself. Even wih fully radial patterns i tend to build intermitantly on either side.
Also, re greasing etc of spokes and nipples, i'v never used grease oil or loctite on any wheel build and have noticed that radial spokes certainly loosen off more than crossed spokes. So if you tend to grease your spokes normally, i'd def miss it out on the radials.