Happy Songs
◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2024-12-10T17:09:49.623Z
Constructor's Note
After the US election debacle, I put together an ever-evolving list of songs that always lift my spirits. Some of those songs will will appear in a series of Happy Songs grids, of which this is the first. Songs marked with an asterisk are on the playlist. If you'd like to see the entire list, email me at JeffsPuzzles@gmail.com.
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*"______ the Music" (Sly and the Family Stone)
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- 1A*"______ the Music" (Sly and the Family Stone)
- 8ACertain continental portrayal
- 9A*Reel Big Fish's biggest hit ("The record company's gonna give me lots of money and everything's gonna be alright")
- 10AVerb before down, up, or around
- 11A*Allman Brothers instrumental that's like a big smile set to music; the title is a woman's name
- 15AAllele:gene::____:element
- 16A"Apples and _____" (Sesame Street song that is definitely not on my playlist but is forever etched in my brain after hearing it a zillion times with my granddaughter)
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- 1D"___ Kapital" (a bit of light reading from Karl Marx)
- 2DEnzyme ending
- 3DSongwriter Harry ____ ("Without You," "Everybody's Talkin,'" whose album "____ Schmilsson" is fantastic but none of whose songs are upbeat enough to make my playlist)
- 4DActress Flockhart ("The Birdcage," "Ally McBeal")
- 5D*"I Second that ____" (Smoky Robinson and the Miracles)
- 6DSigma follower
- 7DChoose
- 11D"I like the cut of your ___" (old-fashioned way of saying "you look good")
- 12D"That" in Spanish
- 13DAudit pro
- 14DHuge utility that started out as Applied Energy Services