Cyrano de Bergerac
publication date: Sunday, November 21, 2021 (part of Fall 2021)
category: 
Literature
clue: This French novelist had plenty of panache, but there's no record of him helping another man to woo the woman he loved.
explanation: de Bergerac's life was fictionalized in the play bearing his name, which introduced "panache" to the English language. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, and Erik Bates
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