A musical-themed crossword puzzle, created exclusively for Halftime Magazine. Here is the July/August 2016 installment.
| ACROSS 1. ____ Bowl (bowl game in Arizona) 7. Range for some flutes 11. Hit the slopes 14. Fruitlessly (2 words) 15. Their aim is not true 16. “Barbara ______” (The Beach Boy hit) 17. Made a phone call 18. *A medley of his dubstep songs (performed by Michigan State, with one giant beat drop) 20. Lab burner 21. Lotion ingredient from a plant 23. Hall & _____ (1980s pop duo) 24. “____ Lisa” (Louvre attraction) 26. Phoenix’s NBA team 28. *Macklemore song (performed by the University of Idaho pep band) (2 words) 32. Do some laundry work, perhaps 36. Teeny-tiny 37. Cheese for greek salads 38. “Dora the Explorer” fox antagonist 40. Girl who was a guest at the Mad Hatter’s tea party 42. “Chandelier” singer 44. “America’s Got Talent” judge Klum 45. Pay no attention to 47. Marching instrument first patented in 1835 49. ____ Lock (upper-right computer key) 50. Crosby, Stills, ____ & Young 51. *No Doubt song (performed by Iowa State University) 54. ____ the Orange (Syracuse University mascot) 56. Facts and data 57. Get rid of a voicemail 60. Greek letter before kappa 62. Five to one, e.g. 66. *A medley of their electronic songs (performed by the Western Washington University Viking Band, complete with “Tron” suits) (2 words) 68. “I’ve had it up ____!” (2 words) 70. Actress Plumb of “The Brady Bunch” 71. “¿Cómo ___ usted?” (“How are you?”) 72. Huge fan 73. Part of UNH or UNM 74. Beginner-friendly 75. Dorm sharer |
DOWN 1. Bona ___ (authentic) 2. Monogram letter (abbrev.) 3. Jethro Tull keyboardist John ___ 4. Italian deli meat 5. Reason to keep playing? 6. Tempo slightly faster than adagio 7. Additionally 8. As demonstrated (2 words) 9. Smelly paving goo 10. Hunter constellation with a belt 11. Pretzel covering 12. Meniscus location 13. “What You Need” band of the 1980s 19. Collie of film and TV 22. Makes it all the way through 25. Bid on a house 27. FedEx or DHL rival 28. “Huckleberry Finn” author Mark 29. Wife of Hägar the Horrible 30. Restraints for a horse rider 31. Country that takes up about 1/3 of Hispaniola 33. Offer one’s two cents 34. Copy over, as a soundtrack 35. Quick haircuts 39. San Francisco’s Fisherman’s ___ 41. Kelly Ripa (or whoever might replace Michael Strahan) 43. IRS investigation 46. Superlative suffix 48. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” singer Pat 52. What competition scores comprise, maybe 53. Cry of delight popularized by Homer Simpson 55. “Dances With Wolves” dwelling 57. Hemingway’s “The Garden of ___” 58. Extremely positive review 59. “Regrets, I’ve had ___ …” (2 words) 61. Perfectly fine 63. Suffix meaning “skin” 64. Three, in German 65. Dried up, to a poet (anagram of rees) 67. Americans’ Olympics chant 69. Prefix for “meter” on your dashboard |
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