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Crossword 078: Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside

P.T. Barnum Circus Poster
P.T. Barnum Circus Poster

A common motif in theater (the Pierrot of commedia dell’arte and his many literary heirs), in opera (“Vesti la giubba”), in song (“The Tears of a Clown,” “I’m a Loser”), in sad clown paintings—a motif that no doubt reflects a universal and enduring human feeling—receives here a moving crossword treatment.

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078 Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside