| Performer at a baby grand |
Newsday |
28 Oct 2025 |
| Paint is unusual for this player (7) |
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| A pint is ordered for the musician (7) |
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| Frédéric Chopin or Ray Charles, notably |
New York Times Mini |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Musician uses kapi, Ani strums inside (7) |
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| He's not one to jangle his keys (7) |
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| Ivories tinkler (7) |
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| Keyboard player |
Mirror Quick |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Keyboard player |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Paint is used by musician |
Mirror Cryptic |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Person who 'tinkles the ivories' (7) |
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| Keyboard performer (7) |
Commuter |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Performer had dreadful pain first (7) |
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| Musician having circular relationship with new saint (7) |
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| Key worker paints badly round one |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Chopin or Liszt, e.g. |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Thespian is too wordy for ivory tickler (7) |
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| A classical ____ is quite likely to play 13As |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
19 Jan 2025 |
| This musician may be a grand player (7) |
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| Horowitz, e.g. |
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| A person who plays the piano (7) |
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| Holy one isn't mistaken for a musician (7) |
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| Ray Charles, e.g. |
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| Pat is in a bad way and he's a key performer (7) |
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| Musician is inapt, sadly (7) |
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| Musician who's very good. Isn't a flop (7) |
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| The player is good: isn't a flop (7) |
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| Common concerto lead performer |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Keyboard artist |
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| Musician who may require a grand opening? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Aug 2024 |
| Musician's track mostly introduces a new one |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Strangely, it's a pin that tickles the ivories (7) |
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| Principal musician |
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| Yuja Wang or Lang Lang |
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| Keyboard musician (7) |
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| One is sitting in a part of the theatre reserved for musicians? (7) |
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| 2002 Polish-French- German-British co-produced film: The (7) |
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| A grand player perhaps from his score |
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| The musician is good - isn't a flop (7) |
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| Musician who's goody- goody. A potential saint (7) |
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| Tickler of the ivories |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Pat is in poor form and he's a key player (7) |
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| Player of a large musical instrument (7) |
Puzzler |
08 Feb 2024 |
| One who tickles the ivories (7) |
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| Paint is spilt by musician (7) |
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| Key worker? |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Dec 2023 |
| Liberace, eg |
Mirror Tea Time |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Bench warmer who plays? |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Might one wish to warm fingers up in scaling of Mount Sinai, perhaps? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Ivory tickler |
Premier Sunday |
28 Aug 2022 |
| One sitting on the bench, maybe |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2022 |
| Keyboard player |
Irish Times Simplex |
08 Jun 2022 |
| Musician utilizing many keys |
Family Time |
22 May 2022 |
| Chopin, for one |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Dec 2021 |
| Musician like Lang Lang, Alfred Brendel, Fats Domino or Oscar Peterson |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
08 Aug 2021 |
| Player: one is found in orchestral area |
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| Perfectionist maybe disposing of uranium to key operator |
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| Chopin or Liszt |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Key worker? |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Feb 2021 |
| One striking a chord |
The Washington Post Sunday |
31 Jan 2021 |
| . A name is inscribed in orchestra area identifying instrumentalist |
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| One working on a bench? |
The Washington Post |
29 Mar 2020 |
| One working on a bench? |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Chopin or Liszt e.g |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Oct 2019 |
| Key player? |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Oct 2019 |
| ‘Thespian' is term that describes Victoria Wood, perhaps |
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| Key expert's hint about wrong answer completely rejected |
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| Keyboard player |
The Times Concise |
05 Apr 2019 |
| Expert with keys |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Oct 2018 |
| Grand master? |
The New Yorker |
15 Oct 2018 |
| Expert player to sweep collecting single at first |
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| A key player in an orchestra |
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| Keyboard player |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Apr 2018 |
| In place of orchestra, is after a new musician |
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| Man is put into part -- player on stage? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Aug 2017 |
| Spiritual number is put in hands of six-footer as source of music |
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| Concert star |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Tickler of the ivories |
The Washington Post |
16 Feb 2017 |
| Unfinished track cut by a popular backing musician … |
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| One tickling the ivories |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2016 |
| Monk, say, needs paints I ordered |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Keyboard player |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jul 2016 |
| Ashkenazy or Lang Lang |
Irish Times Simplex |
11 Mar 2016 |
| One tickling the ivories |
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| Beethoven or Brahms |
Newsday |
26 Dec 2015 |
| Lounge performer |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Beethoven or Brahms |
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| Lounge performer |
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| Chief of Police Botham, say is on time to get the musician |
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| Monk perhaps is obstructing devout worker |
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| Ivories tickler |
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| Benched player? |
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| One working on a bench? |
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| One working on a bench? |
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| Upright citizen? |
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| Upright citizen? |
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| Key person |
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| Glenn Gould, e.g. |
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| One who deals in rags? |
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| Rachmaninoff, e.g. |
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| Rachmaninoff, e.g. |
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| Concerto performer, often |
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| Elton John or Billy Joel |
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| Nero, notably |
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| One who both plays and sits on the bench |
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| Pedal pusher? |
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| Chopin or Liszt |
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| Chopin or Liszt |
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| Tickler of the ivories |
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| Key tinkler |
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| Key player? |
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| Key player? |
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| 32-Down, e.g. |
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| 2002 23-Across nominee, with "The" |
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| 32-Down, e.g. |
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| Arrau or Cliburn |
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| Key person? |
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| Ivories tickler |
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| Cocktail-lounge employee |
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| Key player? |
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| Borge or Liberace |
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| Grand master? |
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| Borge or Cliburn |
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| Cafe booking |
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| Nero or Rubinstein |
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| Liberace was one |
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| Andre Watts, for one |
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| Liberace, for one |
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| Serkin or Watts |
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| Cliburn, e.g. |
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| Musician |
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| Rubinstein |
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| One with a key grip? |
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| Performer in one of the arts. |
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| Bench player? |
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| Van Cliburn's profession. |
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| Cliburn. |
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| Musician. |
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| Master of the "88." |
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| William Kapell, for instance. |
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| Hofmann, Horowitz or Hess. |
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| Profession of José Iturbi. |
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| Player in Tante: Mrs. Sedgwick. |
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| Concert star. |
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| Van Cliburn. |
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