| Arian is cast in more concise preliminary dramatic piece |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
29 Aug 2025 |
| Event before the main performance (7-6) |
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| Performance opening a show for the main act (7,6) |
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| Play Community Shield match? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Event happening before a more important one (7-6) |
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| Dog trainer is excited about a preliminary event (7,6) |
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| Minor game used in stage production (7,6) |
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| Opening act (7-6) |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Is a racier turn wrong for pre-panto act? |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Opening performance |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Nov 2024 |
| First item for discussion at start of play (7-6) |
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| Opening act involves ex PM holding a noisy shaver (7,6) |
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| Short play before the main performance |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Dog trainer is not right about a preliminary event (7,6) |
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| Stage-hand produces first little play (7-6) |
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| Opener to main performance (7-6) |
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| Short opening play (7,6) |
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| One looking out of window before serious play begins? (76) |
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| Smaller entertainment before main item (7,6) |
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| A little work at start of evening for peeper-out-of-window? (7-6) |
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| Mongrel retains air circulation for preliminary event (7-6) |
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| Short play before the main play |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Screen something uplifting that'll whet the appetite |
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| Short play |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Dec 2023 |
| It precedes the main event |
The Guardian Quick |
07 Dec 2021 |
| Short play |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Nov 2020 |
| Short play before a long play |
Newsday |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Preceding event |
The Times Concise |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Preliminary event |
The Guardian Speedy |
22 Apr 2017 |
| Preplay performance |
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| Pre-play performance |
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| Play before the play |
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| Warm-up act, e.g. |
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| Warm-up act, e.g. |
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| Preliminary skit |
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| Animal act, usually |
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| Opening gun. |
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