| Orchestral pieces open with quartets occasionally (9) |
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| Out of the right verse? Then try instrumental preludes instead |
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| Voters rue misguided approaches |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Jun 2025 |
| Initial approaches |
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| Offers introductory music (9) |
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| Musical pieces start openly but not exactly sure later (9) |
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| The sort of proposals one might expect from musicians? |
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| Orchestral pieces (9) |
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| Advances in music (9) |
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| Orchestral curtain-raisers |
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| Rues such overt proposals |
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| Opening compositions (9) |
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| Compositions publicly presented with sure arrangement (9) |
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| Instrumental in putting forward such proposals? (9) |
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| Opening pieces |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Orchestral pieces at the beginning of an opera (9) |
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| Propositions: obvious temptations? Not initially |
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| EXHAUSTS TO EXCESS |
Newsday |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Musical introductions |
Family Time |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Approaches engendered by certain scorers? |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Jan 2022 |
| Orchestral music at the beginning of operas |
Family Time |
09 May 2021 |
| Orchestral introductions |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Orchestral introductions to an opera etc |
Irish Times Simplex |
11 Jan 2019 |
| Veterinary surgeon not yearning to make advances |
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| Romantic proposals |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2017 |
| Musical intros |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jan 2017 |
| Tentative suggestions to elicit reactions |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Wooing attempts |
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| Musical introductions |
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| Introductory offers |
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| Negotiation preceders |
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| Musical openers |
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| Opera preceders |
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| Approaches engendered by certain scorers? |
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| Emulate Rossini et al? |
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| William Tell and others |
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| First efforts at compromise |
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| Initiatives |
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| Introductions |
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| Friendly moves. |
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| Beethoven's Leonore ___. |
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| Proposals. |
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| Musical show opener. |
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