Calm host ditched introductions, pretty much (6)
I believe the answer is:
almost
'much' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'calm host ditched introductions pretty' is the wordplay.
'host' becomes 'mc' (short for Master of Ceremonies).
'ditched' is a deletion indicator.
'introductions pretty' becomes 'most' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'calm' with 'mc' taken out is 'al'.
'al'+'most'='ALMOST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for almost that I've seen before include "Nearly, not quite" , "practically" , "Well-nigh" , "Virtually" , "Not entirely" .)