Infamous Rudolf (4 letters)

{ Answer }

HESS

{ Related Clues }

Amoco alternative
Celebrated pianist
Dame Myra
Dame Myra ___
Jets' owner
Memorable pianist
Myra of the keyboard
Myra or Rudolf
Nazi name
Pianist Myra
P.O.W. in England
Rudolf or Myra
Shell competitor
Spandau inmate
W.W. II defector
Amerada ___ (oil giant)
Amerada ___ (petroleum giant)
Big name in oil
Dame Myra ___, pianist
Dame Myra or Rudolf
Nazi war criminal
Notorious Nazi parachutist
Pianist Dame Myra
Rudolf or Dame Myra
Amerada ___ (Fortune 500 company)
Name on toy fuel trucks
Nazi who flew to Scotland
Famed W. W. II prisoner

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer HESS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.

{ Definition }

HESS as a noun:

1. (Hess, Dame Myra Hess) = English pianist (1890-1965)

2. (Hess, Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess) = Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973)

3. (Hess, Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess) = Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)

4. (Hess, Victor Hess, Victor Franz Hess) = United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)