Mstislav Rostropovich played at Checkpoint Charlie as the Berlin Wall came down, November, 1989.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Puzzle by Joey Weissbrot, Brown University ‘11, edited by Will Shortz
Note: Every crossword this week, from Monday to Saturday,
has been composed by a student at Brown University.
Read more at Wordplay.
BERLIN WALL (16A. Site of a memorable 1989 impromptu performance by 50-Across), STRADIVARIUS (22A. Prized possession of 50-Across), ROSTROPOVICH (50A. 20th-century master of the [circled letters]), AZERBAIJAN (59A. Birthplace of 50-Across) and CELLO in the circled letters constitutes the interrelated group of this fine Thursday tribute crossword.
Other — CHASE SCENE (28D. “Bullitt” has a famous one), DEALS TO (23D. Gives a hand), SHARI LEWIS (10D. Puppeteer with 12 Emmys), TIC TACS (44D. Some tiny mints), TWITTER (5D. Forum for 140-character messages).
Six-letter — AGASSI (12D. Sports legend with the autobiography “Open”), ANG LEE (33A. Director of “Eat Drink Man Woman”), ARMADA (45D. Force defeated in 1588), BANQUO (11D. Ghost in “Macbeth”), COUGAR (46D. Old Mercury), EVER SO (48D. Really), I SWEAR (6D. “No lie!“), MY HERO (31A. Joyful damsel’s cry), SLEEPS (41A. Isn’t alert), STRIKE (43A. Its symbol is “X”).
Five — AGNEW, BARQS, BRUTE, CRAZE, EARTH (34D. The so-called “blue marble”), HECHE, ITSON, JOINT, MUCHO, OTERO, RENEW, SAXES, SHELL (22D. Beach home?), TULSA, VEGAS.
Short stuff — ACE, AGEE, AJAX, ALE and ALL, AMO, ARE, AWRY, BAWL, DANE, EBRO, ENT, ESP, EXPO, EYE, HMS, IMAX, INB, INNS, INRE, IRA, JABS, LASS, LOI, MAZE, “Cry ME A River“, NEL, NOR, OGEE, ONES, RKO, SBA, SEAL, SEE, SELF, SHAG, STAR, TANA, THEE, TOE, “UP, UP and away!“, XFL, YEN, ZAX (60D. Slate-cutting tool).
"The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but love for the music. Then, the music speaks through the performance, and the performer and the listener will walk together with the soul of the composer, and with God." — Mstislav Rostropovich
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Dive; 6. Kind of screen; 10. Guarantor many bank loans to cos.; 13. First Greek-American vice president; 14. Conde Nast title; 15. Retro hairstyle; 18. Lake ___, head of the Blue Nile; 19. “Didn’t I tell you?”; 20. Stocking stuffer?; 21 Famous Olde Tyme brand; 26. Actress Anne; 29. Option after six months, say; 30. What le gendarme enforces; 35. Approval indicator; 36. City on the Arkansas River; 38. Off; 45. Top-notch; 47. Ogre; 49. “I’ll see you in the parking lot!”); 53. Lots of, slangily; 54. Tolkien’s Treebeard, e.g.; 55. “Ti ___” (“I love you,” in Italian); 58. Tommie of the 1969 World Series Mets; 63. Polonius, for one; 64. Loch Lomond lovely; 65. Charleston or lindy, once; 66. Live; 67. Shanghai’s ___ 2010; 68. Stan Getz’s instruments. — DOWN: 1. Pointed comments; 2. Arch type; 3. About; 4. “___ mezzo del cammin di nostra vita”: Dante; 8. The works; 9. Former sports org. with the teams Hitmen and Rage; 15. “You are here” symbol; 17. Neither’s partner; 21. Sob; 24. Places for guests; 25 Home of Bally’s and the Venetian; 26. Horatio Nelson’s ___ Victory; 27. Observe; 32. Alamogordo’s county; 39. Early Fox rival; 40. Its symbol is a “Y” with two horizontal lines through it; 42. River through Castile and Leon; 51. You, once; 52. Like Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 1; 55. Greek warrior; 56. Big garden project; 57. Till compartment; 59. Pintful, perhaps; 61. Ability to pick things up; 62. 401(k) alternative.
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