| Opening remarks |
Commuter |
18 Sep 2026 |
| Pre-vocal bits of tracks, often |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Jun 2026 |
| Icebreakers, e.g. |
New York Times Mini |
20 Jun 2026 |
| Phrases preceding lyrics |
New York Times |
07 Jun 2026 |
| Opening titles |
TV |
05 Apr 2026 |
| Is torn about programmes' musical starts (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Jan 2026 |
| Opening speeches |
Commuter |
10 Dec 2025 |
| Lead-ins |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Emcee's lines |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Preambles |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 May 2025 |
| I don't worry about being in charge of elocution (7) |
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| Prefaces |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2025 |
| They're just for openers |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Song beginnings |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Musical openings |
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| Opening words |
Commuter |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Emcees' opening words |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Popular class brought up opening passages of music (6) |
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| They might be skipped when watching TV shows |
USA Today |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Prologues |
USA Today |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Emcee's opening remarks |
Commuter |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Emcees' deliveries |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Oct 2024 |
| Opening remarks |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2024 |
| Lead-ins |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Lead-ins |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Preambles |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Musical starts (6) |
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| Overtures |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Good hosts make them |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Forewords, for short |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Courses for beginners |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2024 |
| Preludes |
Premier Sunday |
15 Oct 2023 |
| Opening bars |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2023 |
| Emcees' deliveries |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2023 |
| Emcees' opening comments |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2023 |
| Lead-ins |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2022 |
| Overtures |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Jul 2022 |
| Preambles |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Forewords |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Mar 2022 |
| Musical passages in short reviewed after eliminating initial hiccups |
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| Musical lead-ins |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Album starters, often |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Emcees make them |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Emcees give them |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2021 |
| Emcee’s responsibility |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jul 2021 |
| Opening bars |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jun 2021 |
| Podcast beginnings |
USA Today |
09 Apr 2021 |
| Moderators’ opening lines |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Hosts often make them |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Mar 2020 |
| Emcees' lines |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2019 |
| Emcee’s deliveries |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Sep 2019 |
| Relevant portions of the 10 theme answers |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Emcees' openings |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2019 |
| Preambles |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 May 2019 |
| Host's duties |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Apr 2019 |
| Lead-ins |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Feb 2019 |
| Emcees' openings |
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| Host's duties |
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| Emcee's deliveries |
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| Emcees' lines |
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| Opening bits |
Premier Sunday |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Leads and tritium in recycled irons |
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| First words |
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| First words |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2018 |
| Emcees' duties |
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| Emcees' duties |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2018 |
| Emcees' duties |
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| Emcee's duties |
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| Lines from emcees |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2017 |
| Lead-ins, those for instance not to Rossini opera scores |
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| Openings |
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| Emcee responsibilities |
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| Emcee responsibilities |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2017 |
| They're often made at icebreakers |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2017 |
| Preliminaries |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2017 |
| Emcee responsibilities |
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| They're often made at icebreakers |
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| Lines from emcees |
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| Opening remarks |
New York Times |
14 Nov 2016 |
| Presentations inside backward class |
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| Emcees' deliveries |
Universal |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Terrible riots with any number interrupting pieces of music? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Feb 2016 |
| Opening remarks |
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| Emcees' deliveries |
New York Times |
09 Nov 2015 |
| Trendy up-and-coming type opening bars |
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| Song starts |
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| Emcees' deliveries |
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| Lower classes |
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| Words welcoming speakers |
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| Beginning bits |
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| Openings |
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| Beginning bits |
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| Openings |
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| Words welcoming speakers |
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| Prefaces |
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| Emcee's responsibility |
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| Musical beginnings |
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| Emcee's responsibility |
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| Emcee rituals |
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| Musical lead-ins |
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| They may get people talking |
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| "Here's Johnny!" et al. |
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| Emcees' openers |
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| Host's responsibility |
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| Emcees' lines |
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| Openers |
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| Emcees' duties |
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| Emcees' deliveries |
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| Emcees' deliveries |
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| Lead-ins |
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| Starters |
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| Prefaces |
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| Prelims |
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| Emcee's openers, briefly |
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| Talk show lead-ins |
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| Emcee's lines |
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| Talk show lead-ins |
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| Emcee's job |
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| Opening remarks |
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| Forewords |
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| Emcees' jobs |
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| Brief openings? |
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| Emcees' jobs |
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| Part of an emcee's job |
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| Prologues |
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| Party pleasantries |
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| Opening bits |
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| Emcees' deliveries |
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| Low-level classes |
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| Emcees' deliveries |
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| MCs prepare them |
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| Emcee tasks |
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| Lead-ins |
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| Beginning bits |
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| Emcees' lines |
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| First meetings, briefly |
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| Lead-ins |
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| Preliminaries |
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| Informal musical beginnings |
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| Host's responsibility |
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| Emcees' expertise |
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| Opening lines |
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| Starters |
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| Emcee's openers |
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| Emcees' jobs |
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| Preambles |
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| Brief preludes |
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| Openings |
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| Prelims |
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| Beginning bits |
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| Emcee's responsibility |
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| Musical beginnings for short |
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| Musical vamps |
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| Pop-song lead-ins |
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| Jazz preludes |
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| Emcees' remarks |
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| Relatives of prelims |
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| Opening bars, jazz style. |
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| Opening chords in jazz. |
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| Opening bars. |
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| Emcees' chores. |
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| Preliminaries of jazz pieces |
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