POPLAR MUSIC

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Richard Silvestri5/4/2008

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Craving, slangily (5 letters)
6 Across: Crèche figures (4 letters)
10 Across: Impromptu Halloween costume (5 letters)
15 Across: Spray withdrawn in 1989 (4 letters)
19 Across: Try to steal the scene, maybe (5 letters)
20 Across: "Darn it!" (4 letters)
21 Across: Mountain chain (10 letters)
23 Across: Nick name? (5 letters)
24 Across: 1977 Dolly Parton song for tree fanciers? (15 letters)
26 Across: Bridal collection (9 letters)
28 Across: Not ___ many words (4 letters)
29 Across: Nominal promotion of a military officer (6 letters)
30 Across: Sugar substitute? (3 letters)
31 Across: Modern pentathlon event (4 letters)
32 Across: Inner circles (6 letters)
33 Across: 1965 Yardbirds song for tree fanciers? (11 letters)
39 Across: ___ volatile (3 letters)
40 Across: Bellowing (5 letters)
41 Across: Nirvana seeker (4 letters)
42 Across: World capital, founded in 1538, formerly known as Chuquisaca (5 letters)
44 Across: Suffix with myth (4 letters)
48 Across: Went like a shot (6 letters)
50 Across: 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis song for tree fanciers? (14 letters)
53 Across: Outer limits (4 letters)
54 Across: Stand (4 letters)
56 Across: Rush hour sounds (5 letters)
57 Across: Port of Iraq (5 letters)
58 Across: One trillionth: Prefix (4 letters)
59 Across: Rossini subject (4 letters)
60 Across: Air Force athlete (6 letters)
61 Across: 1964 Bobby Goldsboro song for tree fanciers? (21 letters)
68 Across: It's spotted in the wild (6 letters)
69 Across: Like a lot of Australia (4 letters)
70 Across: Lay on the line (4 letters)
71 Across: Brain parts (5 letters)
72 Across: Tippy transport (5 letters)
74 Across: Bank deposit? (4 letters)
75 Across: Old-time oath (4 letters)
79 Across: 1982 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts song for tree fanciers? (14 letters)
82 Across: Jazzy Nina (6 letters)
84 Across: Altar procedure (4 letters)
85 Across: "Sesame Street" regular (5 letters)
86 Across: Beaufort scale category (4 letters)
88 Across: Neighbor of Chad (5 letters)
89 Across: Flight formation (3 letters)
90 Across: 1959 Chuck Berry song for tree fanciers? (11 letters)
92 Across: Source of some coffee (6 letters)
96 Across: Italian bread (4 letters)
98 Across: Source of creosote (3 letters)
99 Across: Sugar or flour (6 letters)
100 Across: Doozy (4 letters)
101 Across: Do police work (9 letters)
107 Across: 1978 Linda Ronstadt song for tree fanciers? (15 letters)
110 Across: Palate part (5 letters)
111 Across: Sing "Bye Bye Birdie," e.g. (10 letters)
112 Across: Hurt badly (4 letters)
113 Across: 16th-century English dramatist George (5 letters)
114 Across: Badlands sight (4 letters)
115 Across: Exorcist's enemy (5 letters)
116 Across: Red army? (4 letters)
117 Across: Sp. misses (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Witty remark (4 letters)
2 Down: "A Jug of Wine ..." poet (4 letters)
3 Down: Off-limits item (4 letters)
4 Down: Words of reproach (4 letters)
5 Down: Strand (8 letters)
6 Down: Key fort? (7 letters)
7 Down: Stretch (4 letters)
8 Down: Ashram leader (4 letters)
9 Down: Chemical suffix (3 letters)
10 Down: Teatime treat (5 letters)
11 Down: Theater audience (5 letters)
12 Down: For this reason (4 letters)
13 Down: Dot follower, often (3 letters)
14 Down: Tito Puente played them (8 letters)
15 Down: "Sink or Swim" author (5 letters)
16 Down: Permission (5 letters)
17 Down: Sign of spring (5 letters)
18 Down: Go into hysterics (4 letters)
22 Down: ___ Lad, doughnut shop on "The Simpsons" (4 letters)
25 Down: Cry of dismay (4 letters)
27 Down: Insignificant amount (3 letters)
31 Down: "A Letter for ___" (Hume Cronyn film) (4 letters)
32 Down: ___ Jr., West Coast hamburger chain (5 letters)
33 Down: Discombobulate (4 letters)
34 Down: Mill material (4 letters)
35 Down: Cross (4 letters)
36 Down: Thanksgiving serving (4 letters)
37 Down: Enters cyberspace (6 letters)
38 Down: Dungeons & Dragons character (4 letters)
39 Down: Sing like Fitzgerald (4 letters)
42 Down: Impassive (6 letters)
43 Down: Nut holder (5 letters)
44 Down: "___ else fails ..." (5 letters)
45 Down: ___ Systems, networking giant (5 letters)
46 Down: Helpful pointer (5 letters)
47 Down: Musical Rimes (5 letters)
49 Down: Underlying meaning (5 letters)
51 Down: Place for an easel (7 letters)
52 Down: One way to be taken (5 letters)
55 Down: R.N.'s station (3 letters)
58 Down: Purple stuff, perhaps (5 letters)
59 Down: Power of film (6 letters)
60 Down: Happy gatherings (5 letters)
61 Down: Play-by-play partner (5 letters)
62 Down: Theodor Escherich's discovery (5 letters)
63 Down: Ledger entry (5 letters)
64 Down: Anacin alternative (5 letters)
65 Down: ___-Poo of "The Mikado" (5 letters)
66 Down: 1970s-'80s baseball All-Star Manny (6 letters)
67 Down: Rap star ___ Jon (3 letters)
72 Down: Chick on the piano (5 letters)
73 Down: Rough condition to face? (4 letters)
74 Down: Criticize (4 letters)
75 Down: Eastern ruler (4 letters)
76 Down: Energetic (4 letters)
77 Down: From the top (4 letters)
78 Down: Laura of "Blue Velvet" (4 letters)
80 Down: Ran through again (8 letters)
81 Down: Give the once-over (4 letters)
83 Down: Cliques (8 letters)
87 Down: Prizes (7 letters)
90 Down: Sufficient, informally (4 letters)
91 Down: Dance specialty (3 letters)
92 Down: Dickens title starter (5 letters)
93 Down: Soul singer Lou (5 letters)
94 Down: Via ___ (Roman road) (5 letters)
95 Down: Be noisy (4 letters)
96 Down: Words before bed or rest (5 letters)
97 Down: Not at all familiar (5 letters)
99 Down: E-mail annoyance (4 letters)
100 Down: "The Informer" author O'Flaherty (4 letters)
101 Down: Kind of meeting in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (4 letters)
102 Down: Give off (4 letters)
103 Down: Camper driver (4 letters)
104 Down: Something one can never do (4 letters)
105 Down: Salmon tail? (4 letters)
106 Down: Actress Charlotte and explorer John (4 letters)
108 Down: Grand ___, Nova Scotia (3 letters)
109 Down: John's "Pulp Fiction" co-star (3 letters)

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