D.C.’s Music Scene Crossword

Since this is our Music Issue, enjoy a music-themed crossword. If you’re an avid D.C. music fan, you have a leg up. If you’re a fan of the band Wet Leg, you might have a good idea of some clues. If you just read the magazine, you’ll definitely have an advantage. See the answer key.

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ACROSS

1 Live music venue which includes the “Food for Thought” cafe, 2 words

7 D.C. band which helped popularize go-go, Trouble                       

10 Great Lake

11 Percussion instrument using resonant objects

12 Compass point

14 First name of the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records

15 Blue great, John  _____  Hooker

17 “More Than I Can Say” singer, _____  Sayer

19 “  _____  Breath You Take” – The Police

20 “Low” singer _____  Kravitz

21 Acclaim

23 U or M in D.C. abbr.

24 “The Godfather of Go-Go,” Chuck                 

28 Red  _____  Chili Peppers

29 Concert Hall built by the Daughters of the American Revolution,    _____   Hall

31 Aloe Blacc song, 2 words

32 D.C. rock band originally a jazz fusion band called Mind Power, Bad                 

35  _____  Supply band

37 Lane, briefly

38 Pivotal jazz figure born and raised in Washington, D.C., last name goes with 13 down

39 Very popular D.C. nightclub and music venue, _____  Thirty

40 Steely _____  , rock group

DOWN

1 English born singer whose recent album “Live Forever” includes hip-hop, indie rock and jazz music, first name

2 Southwest Waterfront venue which opened in 2017 with a performance by the Struts, headlined by the Foo Fighters, The _____ 

3 Clarkson who won the first “American Idol”

4 Canadian First Nation

5 Artificial intelligence, abbr.

6 British rock band from the ’70s,  _____  cc

8 Intimate music venue and bar in Hyatt House, _____ Stage

9 Saxophonist with the 12x platinum album “Breathless,” 2 words

13 See 38 across

16 _____  stage: D.C. venue for EDM and dance music

18 Sushi unagi

22  _____ , shucks!

25 Baseball stat

26 Rock’s Bon Jovi

27 Open a bottle

28 Theatre where The Supremes, Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick have performed

29 Last name of the group Beyoncé started with

30 Heavy brass instrument

33 First three-time heavyweight champ

34 B & B

36 Blue Collar comic _____ White

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Myles Mellor