A musical-themed crossword puzzle, created exclusively for Halftime Magazine. Here is the January/February 2017 installment.
| ACROSS 1. 2000s Chinese Premier ___ Jiabao 4. Hit song from “Frozen” (3 words) 11. “30 Rock” star Tina 14. Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro ___ 15. In perfect formation 16. “Big Band,” for one 17. Instrument that shows all the visible colors? 19. Colgate competitor 20. 2013 Best Picture Oscar winner 21. ___ choy (Chinese cabbage) 22. Curved formations 23. Eight-foot-two character on TV since 1969 (2 words) 27. In ___ (working harmoniously) 29. “___ never too late!” 30. They march to the beat 32. “Star Trek” character played by Nichelle Nichols 36. Conductor’s item that’s out for blood? (2 words) 39. Cuisine that includes pad see ew 42. “The ___” (series starring Mr. T) (hyph.) 43. Monthly payment 44. Imaginary low brass instrument? 47. Krusty, for one 48. Zeroes, in soccer 49. Grab a chair 52. Billion-year increments, in geology 55. It includes Albany, for short (2 words) 57. Number of beats in common time 60. Approvals 62. “___ Old Cowhand” (2 words) 63. “Hamilton” creator ___-Manuel Miranda 64. Instrument that’s played every four years? 68. Late boxer Muhammad 69. Sticks, as with a flier on a wall (2 words) 70. Paul McCartney’s title, now 71. Big Ben’s setting, for short 72. Like two of the jacks in a deck of cards (hyph.) 73. Summertime cooling units, for short
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DOWN 1. Spicy sushi bar supply 2. ___ de corps (morale) 3. Dietary restriction due to allergies, perhaps (2 words) 4. Back muscle, for short 5. Mess up 6. “___ Calling” (short-lived Fox drama) 7. Metrical foot in poetry 8. What there are too of in this glue 9. Full of computer terminology, perhaps 10. OpenDocument Text file extension (and anagram of “dot”) 11. Phobia 12. Singer Clapton 13. Sweet potatoes’ relatives 18. Corn eater’s discard 22. “Third time’s ___!” (2 words) 24. “___ tree fell in the forest …” (2 words) 25. Chart new boundaries, maybe 26. Submarine reading 28. Pencil that’s been sharpened too many times, for instance 31. Attach to, as a cord (2 words) 33. Beehive State college athlete 34. Harry and Hermione’s friend 35. Six-legged marcher 36. Spectator, really 37. Hauled off to jail (2 words) 38. Poet Dickinson 39. Cable channel that shows old films 40. Computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey” 41. “Much ___ About Nothing” 45. 108-card party game 46. Abbr. on a naval vessel 49. Triangular appetizer of India 50. Tilted, like a font 51. Some saxes 53. “Inception” screenwriter Christopher 54. Communication service with videoconferencing 56. ___ Tac (tiny mint brand) 57. Color guard’s holding 58. Valve lubricants 59. Military grouping 61. Captain Hook’s assistant 64. Prefix meaning “ear-related” 65. “Gangnam Style” performer 66. Suffix after graph or social 67. Fish used in fish and chips |
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