| Music is Open University subject |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Preliminary musical work |
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| The sort of proposal one might expect from a musician! |
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| Covent Garden opening (8) |
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| Finished true form of composition (8) |
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| Being true, rove about before making your proposal (8) |
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| Orchestral music played at the opening of an opera (8) |
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| Orchestral intro |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Apr 2025 |
| Introduction to an opera |
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| Frank on river makes proposal (8) |
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| Introduction on spin shortly by European (8) |
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| Formal proposal of classical piece of musical (8) |
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| *Musical introduction |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Introductory piece of music used for tour, ever changing (8) |
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| Theme for a Rover & ute maybe (8) |
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| Piece of music having finished? True, surprisingly (8) |
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| Opening bars finished: true, as it turns out (8) |
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| Musical prelude (8) |
Puzzler |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Approach an orchestral piece |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Prelude |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Opening piece very plain and clean, eschewing piano |
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| Approach conspicuous river |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jul 2024 |
| Prelude |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jul 2024 |
| Introduction concluded with true style |
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| An approach to opera (8) |
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| Early music (8) |
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| Approach clear river |
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| Pass the piece of orchestral music |
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| Approach plain with river |
The Times Cryptic |
23 May 2024 |
| Opera opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 May 2024 |
| An advance in music (8) |
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| Cover tureen carefully to hide an artistic opening (8) |
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| Orchestral piece; often the introduction to an opera or play (8) |
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| Music coming across the Middle Eastern river |
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| A proposal to introduce the main work (8) |
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| Initial proposal for a musical introduction (8) |
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| Instrumental prelude |
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| Orchestral piece forming the prelude to an extended composition such as an opera or oratorio (8) |
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| For a start, it's musical (8) |
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| Introduction, as to opera (8) |
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| Musical opening finished with true style (8) |
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| The pass, it is clear, rue bungling (8) |
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| Opening music is finished, and true development takes place (8) |
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| Opera's musical introduction (8) |
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| Introduction in public certain first off (8) |
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| Friendly move (8) |
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| Orchestral introduction to an opera, oratorio, or ballet |
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| Opera opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Jan 2024 |
| Music to begin an opera (8) |
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| Pass the music (8) |
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| Repeatedly grand item at a Hoffnung Festival, public, clear, but without piano (8) |
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| Memorable part of Rossini's "William Tell" |
New York Times |
05 Nov 2023 |
| In a common classical concert programme format, a work by Franz von Suppé is very likely to be the ____ |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Opening plain remedy to banish cold |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Musical piece given in public, by river |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Dec 2022 |
| Tentative approach |
The Guardian Quick |
30 Jul 2022 |
| Orchestral introduction to opera |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Rossini's "William Tell" has a famous one |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jan 2022 |
| Rossini's 'William Tell' has a famous one |
The Washington Post |
25 Jan 2022 |
| An introduction to something more substantial from visible old city on top of enclave |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Prelude |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 May 2021 |
| Approach public on river |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 May 2021 |
| Orchestral introduction to an opera |
Irish Times Simplex |
29 Mar 2021 |
| Obvious regret, dropping resistance to second proposal |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Oct 2020 |
| Approach open river |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jun 2020 |
| William Tell was given one |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2020 |
| Musical composition |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Feb 2020 |
| Approach an orchestral piece |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Against entering rocky route on approach |
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| Approach conspicuous river |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Nov 2019 |
| Start, having passed river on time |
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| Oratorio opener, often |
New York Times |
22 Feb 2019 |
| Oratorio opener, often |
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| Proposal concerning trade union engineers |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Oct 2018 |
| Score starter |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2018 |
| Prelude; advance |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Aug 2018 |
| Finished by Tuesday? That's about right for this work |
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| Orchestral opener |
The Times Concise |
04 Apr 2018 |
| Orchestral prelude |
Universal |
31 Jan 2018 |
| Approach open river |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Jan 2018 |
| Orchestral prelude |
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| Score starter |
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| Orchestral introduction |
Premier Sunday |
04 Jun 2017 |
| Introductory section |
The Guardian Speedy |
26 Mar 2017 |
| Reverse cut by English opener? |
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| Prelude to an opera |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Nov 2016 |
| Open University engineers getting advance |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jun 2016 |
| Tentative approach |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Oct 2015 |
| Orchestral piece |
The Times Concise |
28 May 2015 |
| Balls in contact with trade union about proposal |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 May 2015 |
| Open University going on about orchestral piece |
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| Open University about to make a proposal |
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| Operatic opening |
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| Proposal to provide public with running water |
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| *First track on many a Broadway album |
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| Famous part of Rossini's "William Tell" |
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| Orchestral intro |
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| Musical prologue |
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| Prelude |
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| Musical opening |
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| It may be romantic |
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| Musical piece |
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| Opera opener |
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| Orchestral piece |
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| Score starter |
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| William Tell, for one |
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| Opera introduction |
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| Introductory offer |
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| Musical introduction |
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| Proposal |
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| "Egmont" is one |
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| Offer |
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| Puccini prelude |
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| Feature of "William Tell" |
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| Piece of music. |
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| Beethoven's "Prometheus," for instance. |
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| Musical work. |
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| "Ruy Blas," for instance. |
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| Proposal. |
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