| Musical passage, for short | 26 |
| MC's spiel | 14 |
| MC's lead-in | 16 |
| MC's job | 12 |
| MC's duty | 13 |
| Many a freshman course | 22 |
| Lead-in for short | 18 |
| Keynote precursor | 17 |
| Keynote preceder | 16 |
| Jazz singer's cue | 21 |
| Jazz opener | 11 |
| It sets the scene | 17 |
| It may begin with "Here's" | 40 |
| It may begin "And now ..." | 36 |
| First track, often | 18 |
| First track on a mix tape, usually | 34 |
| First song on an album, perhaps | 31 |
| First song on an album | 22 |
| First song on a CD | 18 |
| First album track, perhaps | 26 |
| Emcee's text | 16 |
| Emcee's task, often | 23 |
| Emcee's task, for short | 27 |
| Emcee's speech | 18 |
| Emcee's specialty | 21 |
| Emcee's remarks | 19 |
| Emcee's opening remarks | 27 |
| Emcee's opening lines | 25 |
| Emcee's kickoff | 19 |
| Emcee's function | 20 |
| Emcee's chore | 17 |
| Conclusion's opposite (Abbr.) | 33 |
| Chap. 1 preceder | 16 |
| Brief opening | 13 |
| Bit of music, for short | 23 |
| Beginning, for short | 20 |
| Beginning of song | 17 |
| Beginning bars | 14 |
| Ballad lead-in | 14 |
| A job for an emcee | 18 |
| A few opening remarks | 21 |
| 101 course, typically | 21 |
| 101 course, briefly | 19 |
| “101” course | 20 |
| "SNL" host's monologue, e.g. | 42 |
| "Ladies and gentlemen ...," e.g. | 42 |
| "In this corner ..." begins one, briefly | 50 |
| "In this corner ..." begins one | 41 |
| "Heeeeere's Johnny!" is one | 41 |
| "He-e-ere's Johnny!," e.g. | 40 |
| "At first I was afraid, I was petrified," e.g. | 56 |
| Openers | 7 |
| Prefaces | 8 |
| Emcees' lines | 17 |
| Emcees' deliveries | 22 |
| Emcee's responsibility | 26 |
| Overtures | 9 |
| Preliminaries | 13 |
| Lead-ins | 8 |
| Brief openings? | 15 |
| "Here's Johnny!" et al. | 37 |
| Words welcoming speakers | 24 |
| They may get people talking | 27 |
| Talk show lead-ins | 18 |
| Relatives of prelims | 20 |
| Preliminaries of jazz pieces | 28 |
| Preambles, briefly | 18 |
| Pop-song lead-ins | 17 |
| Part of an emcee's job | 26 |
| Musical vamps | 13 |
| Musical beginnings | 18 |
| Low-level classes | 17 |
| Jazz preludes | 13 |
| Host's responsibility | 25 |
| Forewords | 9 |
| First meetings, briefly | 23 |
| Emcees' remarks | 19 |
| Emcees' openers | 19 |
| Emcees' jobs | 16 |
| Emcees' duties | 18 |
| Emcee's openers, briefly | 28 |
| Emcee's lines | 17 |
| Emcee rituals | 13 |
| Beginning bits | 14 |
| Draft of a prologue? | 20 |
| Encroach | 8 |
| Be a buttinsky | 14 |
| Give unwanted advice | 20 |
| Gate-crash | 10 |
| Go where one's not welcome | 30 |
| Ignore the "Do Not Disturb" sign | 42 |
| Force oneself upon | 18 |
| Enter unwelcomed | 16 |
| Encroach; trespass | 18 |
| Â Â Meddle | 16 |
| Under guardianship | 18 |
| Unavailable now | 15 |
| Privately, and to be kept private | 33 |
| NFL stats | 9 |
| Stats for a QB | 14 |