Music with Scales
◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2022-11-05T12:14:30.746Z
Constructor's Note
I’ve been toying with the idea for this theme for a while. When I finally decided to flesh it out, I realized it needed a non-standard grid size to preserve symmetry, which accounts for the fact that the grid looks like it’s lost weight. (Your humble constructor certainly hasn’t, having recently returned from Portugal, where food and wine are duly cherished.)
Jeff Linder
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Steely Dan classic
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Across
- 1ASteely Dan classic
- 4ANope
- 8AMother Earth, to the ancient Greeks
- 12ADream st.
- 13AJournalist Totenburg
- 14AJournalist Curry and rock musician Wilson (Heart), for two
- 15A*Elton John classic ("... me and Susie had so much fun ...")
- 18ASinger-songwriter Amos
- 19ACompeted
- 20A___ radio (it wouldn't be kosher)
- 22A*"Radioactive" band
- 26ACartoon collectible
- 27AChallenge
- 28ASteeplechase, e.g.
- 29AWeb feed acronym
- 30AEarly November sticker
- 32A*British hard rock band ("Here I Go Again," "Is This Love")
- 35A"Whatever"
- 37AClass for a recent immigrant, maybe (abbr.)
- 38AApproach
- 39ANoted vineyards
- 40AImpressive stat for a valedictorian
- 43A*Culture Club classic ("loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams")
- 47AOne of the "half winds"
- 48AInfluential movie director Nicolas ___ ("Walkabout", "The Man Who Fell to Earth")
- 49ACriminal organization, maybe
- 50AWhat the asterisked songs/bands would be on a bar's jukebox? (32 Across is a taxonomic outlier, but allow me cruciverbalist's license)
- 54AFeminine suffix
- 55APuerto ___
- 56AVietnamese holiday
- 57AClose tightly
- 58A"Walk the dog" toy
- 59ASome "theaters," for short
Down
- 1DWhere Svalbard is
- 2DComposer Kern ("Showboat") or running back Bettis ("The Bus")
- 3DLacking a certain compass
- 4DOne (Sp.)
- 5DSecreted
- 6D"The Restaurant at the End of the ____" (Douglas Adams)
- 7DF-, I-, Br-, or Cl-
- 8DGalway gendarmes
- 9D"That's ___ from me, dawg"
- 10DNot yet fully developed
- 11DLook ___ at (disapprove of)
- 16DBit of smoke?
- 17DAlways, poetically
- 21DAdv'd degree for a teacher
- 23DActor Elba
- 24DDisgusting
- 25D"Dig", alternatively
- 30DHow a math teacher might recap a lesson?
- 31D"La ____" (Ravel)
- 32DPitbull anthem for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
- 33DInjure
- 34DHarem
- 35DSigns
- 36DChildhood disease that's making a comeback
- 39DUpbeat
- 40DAim at, as an audience
- 41DMuse
- 42DFrets
- 44DEarly synthetic fiber (contained in WARN ELTON)
- 45DMachine part
- 46DJFK alternative
- 51DOne (Sp.)
- 52DSlick, maybe
- 53DSlang for a chaotic situation