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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Awesome puzzle, and I'm loving the song list, thanks! I've folded myself deeper into the Grateful Dead than I was before (been a Deadhead for almost 40 years now) but yours sounds good - email on the way :-)
Jessica 4:36 · 2024-12-11T04:30:41.984Z
Good puzzle, thanks. Looking forward to the series
*Reel Big Fish's biggest hit ("The record company's gonna give me lots of money and everything's gonna be alright")
10A
Verb 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
15A
Allele: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)
Verticali
1D
"___ Kapital" (a bit of light reading from Karl Marx)
2D
Enzyme ending
3D
Songwriter Harry ____ ("Without You," "Everybody's Talkin,'" whose album "____ Schmilsson" is fantastic but none of whose songs are upbeat enough to make my playlist)
4D
Actress Flockhart ("The Birdcage," "Ally McBeal")
5D
*"I Second that ____" (Smoky Robinson and the Miracles)
6D
Sigma follower
7D
Choose
11D
"I like the cut of your ___" (old-fashioned way of saying "you look good")
12D
"That" in Spanish
13D
Audit pro
14D
Huge utility that started out as Applied Energy Services