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20 answers for: Short piece presented before the main play
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CURTAINRAISERShort piece presented before the main play
PREVIEWA show presented before the show
GRAVESlow piece presented around end of year (5)
EXHIBITAFirst piece presented at a trial
PARALYMPIANDisabled competitor's main play badly below standard
REPTONRegarded as the successor to Capability Brown, a landscape designer who presented "before" and "after" views in watercolours in distinctive red leather books (6)
SCOFFEDMocked food colloquially presented before head journalist (7)
PRETEXTExcuse presented before SMS (7)
UPPERCRUSTPosh meal with no starter and vintage wines presented before time (5-5)
SPINNAKERSmall folded napkin put before the Queen. It is used before the main course
PRELIMBefore the main event, for short
ENTREEServed after the fish and before the main course (6)
OPENPlay before the main act
PRELIMSFights before the main event, for short
APPFood ordered before the main course for short
STARTERA gun for the novice is served before the main course (7)
PILOTSTUDYA preliminary piece of research before the main part of a project (5,5)
PROLOGUEAn actor who speaks introductory lines to a play before the main action begins (8)
ENTREESDishes served before the main course
LANTERNLeading light left before the main service