![]() ![]() I'm going to start by doing something I never do I'm going to quote another crossword blog. Among these were "some of the greatest violinists" of the twentieth century. "Auer's position in the history of violin playing is based on his teaching." Many notable virtuoso violinists were among his students, including Mischa Elman, Konstanty Gorski, Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, Toscha Seidel, Efrem Zimbalist, Georges Boulanger, Benno Rabinof, Kathleen Parlow, Julia Klumpke, Thelma Given, Sylvia Lent, Kemp Stillings, and Oscar Shumsky. Auer is remembered as one of the most important pedagogues of the violin, and was one of the most sought-after teachers for gifted students. Leopold von Auer ( Hungarian : Auer Lipót June 7, 1845 – July 15, 1930) was a Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor and composer, best known as an outstanding violin teacher. Word of the Day: Leopold AUER ( 72A: Violinist Leopold). ARE YOU WITH ME? (110A: RUMYSELF) ("R" and "U" w/ "myself," i.e.GREEN TEA EXTRACT (96A: ENVIRONMENAL) ("environmental" means "green" but here the "T" has been "EXTRACT(ed)").BE IN THE MOMENT (82A: INSTBANT) ("instant" is a "moment" and "B" is "IN" it).YEAH WHY NOT (66A: DEFINITEL) ("definitely" is a word meaning "yeah" only here the "Y" is "NOT" (present)). ![]() OH BY THE WAY (62A: TECHNIQUEO) ("technique" is a "WAY" that the letter "O" is sitting "by").LONG TIME NO SEE (47A: ENTURIES) ("centuries" is a "LONG TIME" in which there is no "C").GIVE THE STINK EYE (29A: SMEILL) ("smell" is a "stink" to which an "I" has been given).SPLIT PEA SOUP (20A: GAZACHO) ("gazpacho" is a "soup" from which the "P" has "SPLIT").so the (all-caps) clue is a literal representation of the answer, if the answer is taken as an auditory pun referring to a letter of the alphabet. THEME: "Letter Dictation" - Phrases that have words that sound like letters in them are clued as if they related to the letter.
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