| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| DRNO | Bond novel in which Q first appeared |
| LASSIE | She first appeared in a 1940 Eric Knight novel |
| LABOHEME | First opera in which Pavarotti appeared |
| WORLD | Paper in which the first crossword appeared |
| THIMBLETHEATRE | Comic strip in which Popeye first appeared |
| REDBOOK | Magazine in which "The Thin Man" first appeared |
| MCMXIII | Year in which the first crossword appeared, on December 21 |
| serialism | A compositional technique in which a fixed series of notes, esp. the twelve notes of the chromatic scale, are used to generate the harmonic and melodic basis of a piece and are subject to change only in specific ways. The first fully serial movements appeared in 1923 in works by Arnold Schoenberg |
