| WHAT HE PLAYED | 14 |
| String in a string quartet | 26 |
| Stradivarius e.g. | 17 |
| Stradivarius creation | 21 |
| Strad | 5 |
| Stern's strings | 19 |
| Sherlock Holmes' instrument | 31 |
| Jack Benny's instrument | 27 |
| Itzhak Perlman's instrument | 31 |
| It has a G-string | 17 |
| Isaac Stern's instrument | 28 |
| Henny Youngman's prop | 25 |
| Gypsy's instrument | 22 |
| Gift with a bow | 15 |
| Elman's instrument | 22 |
| Bowed orchestral instrument | 27 |
| Benny's instrument | 22 |
| Amati product | 13 |
| Amati or Stradivari | 19 |
| "Cue the ___" | 23 |
| "A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a ___; what else does a man need to be happy?": Albert Einstein | 112 |
| Stringed instrument accessory | 29 |
| A concert-master holds it | 25 |
| Any "season" in Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" | 68 |
| Five works of Mozart [Rhode Island] | 35 |
| Symbols of faux sympathy | 24 |
| Talking Heads song "Sax and __" | 41 |
| Strads, etc. | 12 |
| Some possessions of Itzhak Perlman | 34 |
| Creations at Cremona | 20 |
| Perlman performance | 19 |
| Kinder, gentler programming? | 28 |
| Player in the string section | 28 |
| Pinchas Zukerman, e.g. | 22 |
| One who takes a bow | 19 |
| Featured performer in Berlioz's "Harold in Italy" | 63 |
| Soloists in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 | 49 |
| Old prefix before "cello" | 35 |
| ___ cello | 9 |
| Early stringed instruments | 26 |
| They had C-shaped sound holes | 29 |
| Stringed Renaissance instruments | 32 |
| Six-stringed instruments | 24 |
| Instruments played with bows | 28 |
| Fiddle relatives | 16 |
| Early fiddles | 13 |
| Certain stringed instruments | 28 |
| Cello ancestors | 15 |
| Antique string instruments | 26 |
| 17th C. stringed instruments | 28 |
| Painkiller withdrawn in 2004 | 28 |
| 2004 Merck recall | 17 |
| "... riding his shaggy, six-headed ___ ..." | 53 |
| Big shot, briefly | 17 |
| Bigwig, briefly | 15 |
| Bigwig, for short | 17 |
| Walker on a red carpet | 22 |
| User of a certain lounge | 24 |
| Red-carpet treader | 18 |
| Mr. Big, e.g. | 13 |
| Limo passenger | 14 |
| Biggie | 6 |
| Big shot: Abbr. | 15 |
| B.M.O.C., e.g. | 14 |
| Type of service: Abbr. | 22 |
| Type of lounge | 14 |
| Traveler in a motorcade | 23 |
| Skybox guest | 12 |
| Royal, as treatment | 19 |
| Red-carpet walker | 17 |
| Red-carpet user | 15 |
| Red-carpet type | 15 |
| Red-carpet recipient | 20 |
| Red-carpet honoree | 18 |
| Red carpet treader | 18 |
| President, e.g. | 15 |
| Pooh Bah | 8 |
| PM or Pres | 10 |
| Person on the better side of a velvet rope | 42 |
| One with access to an exclusive lounge, perhaps | 47 |
| One who may get the grand tour | 30 |
| One who gets special treatment | 30 |
| One given a red-carpet reception | 32 |
| Notable, initially | 18 |
| Loge occupant | 13 |
| Limo-riding type | 16 |
| Limo occupant, perhaps | 22 |
| Limo occupant | 13 |
| Kind of pass that might get you backstage | 41 |
| Kind of lounge | 14 |
| High muckety-muck | 17 |
| Dignitary, for short | 20 |
| Certain lounge frequenter | 25 |
| Celebrity, briefly | 18 |
| Brass hat | 9 |
| BMOC, for one | 13 |
| BMOC, e.g. | 10 |
| Bigshot, briefly | 16 |
| Big shot, initially | 19 |
| Big man: Abbr. | 14 |