- PIANIST
- Key player
- Bench player?
- One with a key grip?
- Glenn Gould, for one
- Pedal pusher?
- Arrau or Cliburn
- Elton John or Billy Joel
- 32-Down, e.g.
- Chopin or Liszt
- Rachmaninoff, e.g.
- Upright citizen?
- One working on a bench?
- Benched player?
- One tickling the ivories
- Borge or Cliburn
- Borge or Liberace
- Cocktail-lounge employee
- Ivories tickler
- Nero, notably
- Concerto performer, often
- Beethoven or Brahms
- Lounge performer
- 2002 23-Across nominee, with "The"
- Player in Tante: Mrs. Sedgwick.
- Profession of José Iturbi.
- Hofmann, Horowitz or Hess.
- William Kapell, for instance.
- Master of the "88."
- Van Cliburn.
- Performer in one of the arts.
- Andre Watts, for one
- Cliburn.
- Musician.
- Van Cliburn's profession.
- Concert star.
- Rubinstein
- Cliburn, e.g.
- Serkin or Watts
- Liberace, for one
- Liberace was one
- Nero or Rubinstein
- Cafe booking
- Grand master?
- Key person?
- Tickler of the ivories
- One who deals in rags?
- One sitting on the bench, maybe
- Glenn Gould, e.g.
- One who both plays and sits on the bench
- Bench warmer who plays?
- Key worker?
