A musical-themed crossword puzzle, created exclusively for Halftime Magazine. Here is the Sep/Oct 2015 installment.
| ACROSS 1. Azerbaijan, once (abbrev.) 4. Spiced tea at a café 8. Make a smoothie, for instance 13. Mon. follower 14. Like woolless sheep 15. Less severe 16. Like beginning musicians or athletes 18. Night club host 19. Celebratory glasses at a wedding reception, but way bigger?(2 words) 21. Fenway Park souvenirs 22. Lumberjack’s tool 23. Exchanged words at a wedding 25. Extra game segments, for short 26. Stamp pad stuff 29. Spain, in Spain 32. Hold still 35. “I Fall To Pieces” singer Cline 36. Sound detector in your head, but much longer? (2 words) 38. “Drumline,” for one 40. “I’m done!” (2 words) 41. It may be nuclear or solar 43. Fitting 44. Conan O’Brien’s network 47. That girl 48. “Help!” key on a PC 51. Film spool 52. Thanksgiving decoration, but flatter and … crashier? (3 words) 58. Newspapers, TV, etc. 59. U-turn, in marching bands (2 words) 60. As a whole (2 words) 61. Yamaha, e.g. 62. School org. for bright kids 63. Do some hairy work? 64. Shaker contents 65. “I tawt I taw a puddy ___!” |
DOWN 1. Cement-based building material 2. Beach headgear 3. Draws on again, like potential 4. Type of “pet” that actually sprouts 5. ___ Kong 6. Big place to play at halftime 7. Alphabetical listing 8. Type of cheese in dressing with buffalo wings 9. Mary had a little one 10. Dig for, as artifacts 11. Actor Liam and family, for example 12. “Forgot About ___” (Grammy-winning rap song) 14. Sticky tree stuff 17. Real estate ad abbrev. 20. Shirt with artwork, perhaps 24. “I’m on my ___!” 26. Discount-rack abbrev. for flawed clothing 27. Dot follower, often 28. “Show Boat” composer Jerome 30. Lacrosse, for one 31. Window unit 32. Weatherman’s word 33. Place for giraffes and hippos 34. Actress Stone of “Easy A” 36. When they say to practice or get exercise, maybe (2 words) 37. Birdland jazz genre 38. “I didn’t like it, but I didn’t hate it either” 39. Words on a penny (2 words) 42. Congressional vote 44. Apartment resident 45. “You ___!” (“Of course!”) 46. Most crafty 49. Bacon purchases 50. Deadly snake with a hood 51. Official on the basketball court, for short 53. Flour-grinding building 54. Hay bundle 55. Baby horse 56. Football kick 57. Inc., to Brits 58. Prefix with information |
Solution:
