Crossword: September 2023

Hint: This month’s crossword is all about the performing arts in the DMV. 

D.C. is full of trailblazing creators of all kinds — makers who help reimagine the city’s culture through their visions. From fierce female founders to arts activists, these crossword clues offer an inside look into the city’s creative scene. See the answer key.

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1 Traveling exhibit artist Maggie O’Neill used to produce

9 Through, in route descriptions

11 President, publisher and chief creative officer of DC Comics, Jim _____         

12 Columbia Heights mural painted by Joel Bergner,
“My Culture, Mi_____”

15 Pool equipment

16 _____ Speedwagon, ’80s band

17 Famous D.C. arts district, Adams            

21 Mimicking bird

23 Unagi in a sushi bar

24 Carved Native American symbols

25 Abstract expressionist artist who paints mainly in black and white, _____ Jones

27 Prefix for responsibly-sourced products

28 Greek love god

30 D.C. artist specializing in quilting, cross-stitch, basket weaving and origami who just had his 100th birthday, Ira _____

32 Yes in Spanish

34 Promotions

36 Activist and D.C. artist who painted “That Kind of Boy,” two words

39 Sculpted upper body

41 Luau souvenir

42 Popular live “talks”

43 Neighborhood that features a mural of the first U.S. president

44 D.C.-based multimedia visual artist well known for her work in the fields of environmental public sculpture and conceptual art, Athena _____

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2 Employ

3 Wooden oval in the Anacostia Museum

4 The F in BFA

5 Role in Haydn’s “The Creation”

6 Newport’s state, abbr.

7 Painter using abstract colors and shapes influenced by his multicultural background, Jorge _____

8 Glitz

10 Bloomingdale mural created by Jeff Huntington and Juan Pineda

13 Sea bird

14 Blouse, for example

18 Like a nostalgic fashion

19 “How about that!”

20 Georgetown’s newest mural created by Victor Quiñonez,
“_____ Indigena”

22 D.C. community museum under the Smithsonian umbrella

24 D.C. artist Rose Jaffe’s creative space where she hosts exhibits by other artists, two words

25 Employ an acetylene torch

26 “_____ go, girl!”

29 Mardi Gras celebration city

30 The so-called “Island of the Gods,” east of Java

31 Compass point

33 Thin coating

35 Compartment for a pea

37 Surrealist and Dadaist, _____ Ray

38 Meadow

40 The Caribbean, e.g.

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