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Name That Tune

◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2023-09-14T11:51:38.135Z

Constructor's Note
The clues for 5 Down and 21 Across give the notes from which you have to name the tunes (answers). Both songs are well known.
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  • Nate Clark 14:09 · 2023-09-14T13:20:17.743Z
    Love that you pulled off every music clue. Being a guitar player helped me for the long one hahaha. Great!
    • JeffsPuzzles constructor · 2023-09-14T13:52:14.204Z
      Thanks for solving!
    • Nick 🤓5:04 · 2023-09-14T15:42:02.178Z
      Loved it! Really fun and nicely done.
      • Brian Callahan 🤓5:07 · 2023-09-14T17:08:10.455Z
        Impressive density! Loved the 5A & 8D clues, haha
        • kurtalert 🤓2:53 · 2023-09-14T17:17:43.751Z
          Love it! Singing the notes in my head to figure out the songs was fun.
          • Lia 6:17 · 2023-09-14T20:10:20.801Z
            Fun theme!
            • kieranjboyd 🤓4:40 · 2023-09-15T05:42:29.497Z
              Should've gotten 5D from the clue, but I skipped ahead. Nice theme density!
              • ian king 🤓6:03 · 2023-09-15T11:45:54.351Z
                8D ❤️
                • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓2:42 · 2023-09-15T15:13:08.058Z
                  Wow! That was some amazing theme density amid a totally smooth solve. And I learned a lot of things too (I think 21D was my favorite.)
                  Play today's daily mini crossword
                  1A
                  1 Down music from Portugal
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                  Across
                  1. 1A
                    1 Down music from Portugal
                  2. 5A
                    Mick (there's only one)
                  3. 11A
                    "Fresh Out the ____" (Jennifer Lopez/Pitbull)
                  4. 12A
                    "If we couldn't laugh, we would all go _____" (Jimmy Buffett, "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes")
                  5. 13A
                    Influential indie rapper
                  6. 14A
                    "____, My God, to Thee" (hymn)
                  7. 15A
                    Canadian singer whose first and middle names are Kathryn Dawn
                  8. 17A
                    Vineyard designation (also a defunct hip hop group ("Just Another Case"))
                  9. 18A
                    Improvise, maybe
                  10. 20A
                    Big video game/entertainment web site
                  11. 21A
                    G-F-F A-B-C#-D-E-F-E-D-D (Beatles)
                  12. 24A
                    "___ World" (Tears for Fears)
                  13. 25A
                    "Mamma Mia" group
                  14. 26A
                    Major record label
                  15. 27A
                    "____ (The Piña Colada Song)" (Rupert Holmes)
                  16. 31A
                    Member of the '60s group that sang the No. 1 hits "Groovin'" and "Good Lovin'"
                  17. 34A
                    "Nessun Dorma," e.g.
                  18. 35A
                    Sung by an ensemble
                  19. 36A
                    Bill Clinton (sax), Richard Nixon (piano - and actually very good!), and ex-Maryland gov Martin O'Malley (guitar in a decent Irish rock band), e.g.
                  20. 37A
                    "Dust in the Wind" band
                  21. 38A
                    "___ the Young" (Taylor Swift)
                  Down
                  1. 1D
                    Traditional music genre
                  2. 2D
                    Enthusiastic, as in "I'm an ___ fan of music, crosswords, and music in crosswords")
                  3. 3D
                    ____ Music Center (outdoor venue in Philadelphia; also a major brand of computers)
                  4. 4D
                    How Stanley Clarke or Flea might be introduced
                  5. 5D
                    B-B-B, B-B-B, B-D-G-A-B (Christmas favorite)
                  6. 6D
                    "Give me ____" (let me tune to your highest string, guitar player)
                  7. 7D
                    Gov't purchasing agency - they even buy musical instruments!
                  8. 8D
                    Jerry (there's only one)
                  9. 9D
                    What AC/DC plays with a lot of
                  10. 10D
                    Show again
                  11. 16D
                    Note (Italian)
                  12. 19D
                    "Shine ye spinning ___ of light" (Donovan, "Universe Am I")
                  13. 21D
                    World's largest musical equipment manufacturer
                  14. 22D
                    Inventor of the phonograph
                  15. 23D
                    "Back to the beginning," in a score
                  16. 24D
                    Music industry goliath ___ Mecuriadis (also a Big Pharma company)
                  17. 28D
                    Elvis's middle name
                  18. 29D
                    "Jagged Little ____" (Alanis Morisette)
                  19. 30D
                    "Take it ____" (Jackson Browne/The Eagles)
                  20. 32D
                    One-time supergroup with Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, and Pharrell Williams
                  21. 33D
                    First three notes of "NIght and Day" in the key of D (after the intro).
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