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They Write the Songs...: the B-Side

◆ · By Sommersmith · Published 2023-05-14T16:44:25.891Z

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  • Sommersmith constructor · 2023-05-14T16:55:40.558Z
    Congratulations to IRONBARK, the SpinTunes 20 Champion! Hear his winning song "Thorn" and the other finalists' songs here: https://spintunes.bandcamp.com/album/spintunes-20-round-4
    • JeffsPuzzles 🤓3:40 · 2023-05-14T16:57:57.787Z
      Fun - thanks for sharing!
      • Sommersmith constructor · 2023-05-15T03:16:39.719Z
        Glad you enjoyed it!
      • Rosetta Stone 🤓9:30 · 2023-05-14T19:28:10.081Z
        Do 28d answer and 36d clue bother you? One implies criticism, one doesn’t. One is Fair Use in copyright law, the other is not.
        • Sommersmith constructor · 2023-05-14T23:14:03.298Z
          I don't think they're mutually exclusive. I'd say that in most of Weird Al's songs, the music is parodic and the lyrics are satirical.
        • seanm 🤓9:50 · 2023-05-15T00:07:11.552Z
          Coming to this from Crosshare.. great puzzle and really cool contest submissions! Just checked out the Spin Tunes band camp. Congrats to Iron Bark!
          • Sommersmith constructor · 2023-05-15T03:15:28.504Z
            Glad you enjoyed the puzzle, and thanks for checking out the music!
          • Vonne 22:27 · 2023-05-15T04:37:03.743Z
            This was a hard one. I got stuck on 2 of them and had to have a cocktail then it was lightbulb. Enjoyed
            • Sommersmith constructor · 2023-05-15T17:12:29.687Z
              Thanks for sticking with it, and glad you enjoyed it!
            • Jewel 11:43 · 2023-05-15T17:58:58.693Z
              Nice one!
              • lisajay 🤓8:36 · 2023-05-17T23:42:58.857Z
                Good one, thanks
                Play today's daily mini crossword
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                ___-pedi
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                  ___-pedi
                2. 5A
                  Free (of)
                3. 8A
                  Joe ___ (so-so bro)
                4. 13A
                  1998 Goo Goo Dolls hit that, it turns out, isn't about ocular anatomy at all
                5. 14A
                  "You're ___ roll!"
                6. 15A
                  Dip a ___ the water
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                  *Where to see the Northern Lights
                8. 18A
                  All-purpose Mexican interjection
                9. 19A
                  "Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are? / ___, bless your soul / You really think you're in control" - Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy"
                10. 20A
                  "Pynk" singer Monáe
                11. 22A
                  "Solaris" author Stanislaw
                12. 23A
                  Midwestern interjection that may be followed by "let me just squeeze by ya there"
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                  Aunt, in Aguascalientes
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                  *Cain, e.g.
                15. 30A
                  Outskirts of Northampton?
                16. 31A
                  It's found in the Moderna vaccine, and in "Moderna vaccine"
                17. 32A
                  "Now ___ seen everything!"
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                  Max Greenfield's "New Girl" role
                19. 35A
                  Stops
                20. 39A
                  Gem hidden in "You can't stop a zealous gem collector from collecting gems"
                21. 40A
                  *Eucalyptus variety named for its tough exterior
                22. 42A
                  Delete
                23. 43A
                  Pizza ___ (New York City celebrity rodent)
                24. 44A
                  First bit of culture in the Midwest?
                25. 45A
                  Features of many school-owned band instruments
                26. 46A
                  "Float Day" and "Prudence Heck" by Giraffes for Wings, e.g. (they're both around 17 minutes long)
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                  [I'm shocked!]
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                  Ho Chi ___ City
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                  Song for Renée Fleming
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                  "The end is ___"
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                  "___ Be Released": Bob Dylan song covered by The Band
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                  "The Wheel of Time" and "Gone Girl" star Pike
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                  "How I feel about you is written in invisible ___" - Hot Pink Halo lyric
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                  Software engineer, for many online songwriting competition participants (and crossword constructors, come to think of it)
                8. 8D
                  Artisan pizzeria feature
                9. 9D
                  ___ strength (opera singer's need)
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                  Sound quality?
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                  "Enola Holmes" star ___ Bobby Brown
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                  What a singer may cover, the better to hear their own voice
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                  Speculates
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                  Plum relatives
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                  Wasn't serious
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                  Apt rhyme for "one more!"
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                  Receptacle beneath a fireplace
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                  "Weird Al" Yankovic specialty
                19. 29D
                  One getting into hot water
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                  What Odysseus had his sailors tie him to so he could hear the sirens
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                  "The ___ Begins": "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Star Wars"-themed "American Pie" parody
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                  Assumes the posted deadline is in GMT instead of EDT, e.g.
                23. 38D
                  Pass over
                24. 41D
                  Vocal performance from Ohm-I or Nahlej
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