11A11AActress Tippi ___, who played a Debussy Arabesque in Hitchcock's "The Birds")[------] and 12A12AJustin who won a Latin Grammy[------] in a crossword together make strange bedfellows. Love it.
Learned something - 8D8D"I got down on my ___/and I pretend to pray" (The Mamas and the Papas, "California Dreaming")[-----] - I always thought it was BEGAN to pray
Larry Edelstein 🤓33s · 2022-10-29T03:03:54.808Z
Only the acrosses, in order…brain is working optimally at the moment. For crosswords.
Numetal heavyweight ("Take me to Your Leader") that doesn't play pop, despite its name
9A
Prestigious name in pianos
11A
Actress Tippi ___, who played a Debussy Arabesque in Hitchcock's "The Birds")
12A
Justin who won a Latin Grammy
15A
Influential Austin band which was a "critical favorite" and thus not very popular; also a facial feature of Sammy Davis, Jr.
17A
"I've seen all good people turn their head ___ day/So satisfied I'm on my way" (Yes, "I've Seen All Good People")
18A
"___ You Experienced" (Jimi Hendrix) (Rolling Stone's 30th greatest album of all time)
19A
Sound accompanying a wagging finger
20A
Rocker and right wing lunatic Nugent
Down
1D
"P-P-Pumps on the gas 140 on the ___" (NIcki Minaj, "I Love My Range Rover")
2D
"And Jet I thought the major was a lady suffrag____" (Paul McCartney, "Jet")
3D
Screech from a microphone
4D
Initial cue from a conductor; also a leading jazz magazine since 1934
5D
A Gershwin
6D
"___ major dude with half a heart surely will tell you my friend/___ minor world that breaks apart falls together again" (Steely Dan, "__ Major Dude Will Tell You")
8D
"I got down on my ___/and I pretend to pray" (The Mamas and the Papas, "California Dreaming")
10D
Like U2
13D
Jane , character whose name is a homonym for " on the G String" (Bach)
14D
Need for a saxophonist
15D
"I ___ knocked down ..." (Chumbawumba, "Tubthumping")