The Clue
___ B. Driftwood ("A Night at the Opera" role) (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OTIS
Tags
Notes
The answer OTIS is very common and appears about once every 49 puzzles.
Related Clues
Birdsong of the N.B.A.
Bluesman Rush
Cager Thorpe
Cornelia ___ Skinner
Elevator inventor
Elevator man
Football's Armstrong
Innovator in lifts
Inventor Elisha
Lift handle?
Lift innovator
Mayberry souse
"Miss ___ Regrets"
Name in lifts
Patriot of '76
Redding of R&B
Regretful one in a song
Revolutionary statesman
Royals' Amos
Singer Redding
Sistrunk of the N.F.L.
Skinner of stage
Song miss
Williams of the Temptations
A.F.B. on Cape Cod
Elevator pioneer Elisha
Groucho in "A Night at the Opera"
A leading manufacturer of cars
Miss in a 1934 song
Porter's regretful Miss
Safety elevator inventor
Soul singer Redding
U. S. patriot
U.S. inventor Elisha ___
Former Magic player Smith
He gave England a lift
He gave us a lift
People mover since 1853
Tin Pan Alley regretter
Company that once owned the trademark "Escalator"
His invention made skyscrapers possible
Definition
OTIS as a noun:
1. (Otis, Elisha Graves Otis) = United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861)
2. (Otis, genus Otis) = type genus of the Otididae: European bustard