A musical-themed crossword puzzle, created exclusively for Halftime Magazine. Here is the Jan/Feb 2016 installment.
| ACROSS 1. Part of an Internet address 4. 1990’s group Salt-N-___ 8. “With this ring, ___ wed” (2 words) 13. Spiced tea beverage 14. Sledding site 15. Kofi Annan’s home country 16. Music group up for grabs by me? (3 words) 18. Nine-member jazz combo 19. Knight’s horse 20. Rapper who played the Tin Man in “The Wiz Live!” (hyph.) 22. Beats by ___ 23. Tempo-marking stick is terrible for swatting hive makers? (4 words) 27. Showed off a new clothing line 30. Sax type played by Charlie Parker 31. Yankee nickname since 2004 (hyph.) 32. Clothing store section 35. Pirate’s refrain (2 words) 37. Fort Worth’s home of the Horned Frogs (abbrev.) 38. Kilt pattern 40. Colony crawler 42. Cut out for the job 45. “At Last” blues singer ___ James 46. Machu Picchu resident, once 47. Shoestring 49. Scale used in summer weather forecasts (2 words) 51. Rule #1 if you’re letting animals on the field? (4 words) 55. NYC subway line since 1904 (abbrev.) 56. INXS song “Never ___ Us Apart” 57. Put an end to 61. Like a packed stadium, often 63. Last minute study session for a halftime show? (2 words) 66. Ruin, informally (2 words) 67. Sicilian volcano 68. Ballerina’s garment 69. “The Big Short” actor Carell 70. Close to one’s heart 71. New Orleans’ Bourbon and others (abbrev.) |
DOWN 1. “Can you repeat that?” 2. Decrease, as the moon 3. Made less narrow 4. Doctor’s degree (abbrev.) 5. Brahms’ “___ Deutsches Requiem” 6. Alternate strategy (2 words) 7. “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright Edward 8. In a shameful manner 9. Despite, in poems 10. How flags are sometimes moved around (3 words) 11. First month, in Madrid 12. Devoured 13. “The Amazing Race” network 17. “Rebel Yell” rocker Billy 21. Congressional thumbs-up vote 24. Fill-in employee 25. “Hello” singer of 2015 26. From ___ Z (completely) (2 words) 27. Wrestling surface 28. “Free Willy” whale type 29. Really quick tempo to move to (2 words) 33. Singer ___ “King” Cole 34. Ab-building exercise (hyph.) 36. In English, a single time (but in Spanish, 11!) 39. Jazz great Brubeck 41. IRS payment 43. Cat nap spot, sometimes 44. Environmental subspecies 46. Entomologists’ subjects 48. 112.5° turn from S 50. Allergic reaction, maybe 51. Joins the chorus 52. Rainbow ___ (food fish) 53. “A Streetcar ___ Desire” 54. Give a valedictory, perhaps 58. Stuck in ___ (2 words) 59. Admission exams 60. Bird from Australia 62. Excursion or Xterra, for short 64. Messenger ___ (genetic material) 65. Four-wheeler |
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