Crossword: Enharmonics

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A musical-themed crossword puzzle created exclusively for Halftime Magazine. Here is the March/April 2019 installment.

Enharmonics

ACROSS

1. Annoying insect
5. Fort Worth sch.
8. Enthusiastic about, slangily (2 words)
13. From Dublin
14. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Bobby
15. Hole ___ (links feat) (2 words)
16. The “j” sound in “giraffe,” enharmonically? (4 words)
19. Balloon variety
20. Words before “Duty” or “the Wild” (2 words)
21. Norse god of war
22. Menzel of “Wicked”
24. Budget-managing exec
27. “Law & Order” spinoff, for short
28. In Psychology 101, Abraham with a “hierarchy of needs”
31. Veer quickly and unexpectedly, enharmonically? (4 words)
35. Mario’s brother
37. “Open wide” sound
38. Big brass instruments
39. Health supplement complex, enharmonically? (3 words)
42. Playground retort (2 words)
43. Spider egg container
44. Serpentine sound
45. Panama divider
48. Margery of nursery rhymes
51. Pizza sauce ingredient
54. Played across America
57. Online auction site, enharmonically? (4 words)
60. Large ocean ray
61. Prepare for a three-pointer
62. It may be fingerless for a band uniform
63. Game with kings and queens
64. “The Marvelous ___ Maisel”
65. Like muscles after a long march

DOWN

1. Self-referential “Guardians of the Galaxy” character 2. Pretty cool, once
3. “___ Is Born” (2018 movie) (2 words)
4. Pad ___ (noodle dish)
5. “This ___ shall pass”
6. Prefix meaning “cross-shaped”
7. Country singer Keith
8. Jessica of “7th Heaven”
9. Stats
10. Woods and irons, for example (2 words)
11. “Based ___ novel by …” (2 words)
12. Volleyball divider
13. Suffix with sheep or wolf
17. Compete at Indy
18. Andes fleece provider
23. Home of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building
25. Thrown ___ loop (2 words)
26. Holds the title to
27. Comedy sketches
29. Room just under the roof
30. Amaze
31. Event in a career
32. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s ___” (The Rolling Stones lyric) (2 words)
33. Low-___ yogurt
34. ___ apso (small dog breed)
35. Some TV screens, for short
36. Flying saucers 40. Related to singing
41. Mediterranean island nation
46. Mr. T’s TV show, with “The” (hyph.)
47. “I respectfully disagree” (2 words)
48. Line of LEGO blocks for toddlers
49. ___ Day (tree planting time)
50. Make a tapestry
52. Baseball statistic
53. Business degrees
55. AMA and ADA, e.g.
56. Salon bottleful
57. Rap pioneers Run-___
58. “Well, la-di-___!”
59. Gilbert and Sullivan’s “___ Pinafore”

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Matt Jones

Matt Jones is a 1998 graduate of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he majored in music education. Since 1994, he has also written crosswords for venues such as The New York Times, Games Magazine and Stagebill. He currently writes a syndicated weekly puzzle for more than 50 alternative newspapers across the country.

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