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Crossword Answer Key: November 2022
November 1, 2022 @ 12:00pm
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 answers below.
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1 Live music venue which includes the “Food for Thought” cafe, 2 words BLACKCAT
7 D.C. band which helped popularize go-go, Trouble FUNK
10 Great Lake ERIE
11 Percussion instrument using resonant objects RATTLE
12 Compass point NE
14 First name of the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records IAN
15 Blue great, John _____ Hooker LEE
17 “More Than I Can Say” singer, _____ Sayer LEO
19 “ _____ Breath You Take” – The Police EVERY
20 “Low” singer _____ Kravitz LENNY
21 Acclaim HAIL
23 U or M in D.C. abbr. ST
24 “The Godfather of Go-Go,” Chuck BROWN
28 Red _____ Chili Peppers HOT
29 Concert Hall built by the Daughters of the American Revolution, _____ Hall CONSTITUTION
31 Aloe Blacc song, 2 words IDO
32 D.C. rock band originally a jazz fusion band called Mind Power, Bad BRAIN
35 _____ Supply band AIR
37 Lane, briefly LN
38 Pivotal jazz figure born and raised in Washington, D.C., last name goes with 13 down DUKE
39 Very popular D.C. nightclub and music venue, _____ Thirty NINE
40 Steely _____ , rock group DAN
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1 English born singer whose recent album “Live Forever” includes hip-hop, indie rock and jazz music, first name BARTEES
2 Southwest Waterfront venue which opened in 2017 with a performance by the Struts, headlined by the Foo Fighters, The _____ ANTHEM
3 Clarkson who won the first “American Idol” KELLY
4 Canadian First Nation CREE
5 Artificial intelligence, abbr. AI
6 British rock band from the ’70s, _____ cc TEN
8 Intimate music venue and bar in Hyatt House, _____ Stage UNION
9 Saxophonist with the 12x platinum album “Breathless,” 2 words KENNYG
13 See 38 across ELLINGTON
16 _____ stage: D.C. venue for EDM and dance music ECHO
18 Sushi unagi EEL
22 _____ , shucks! AW
25 Baseball stat RBI
26 Rock’s Bon Jovi JON
27 Open a bottle UNCORK
28 Theatre where The Supremes, Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick have performed HOWARD
29 Last name of the group Beyoncé started with CHILD
30 Heavy brass instrument TUBA
33 First three-time heavyweight champ ALI
34 B & B INN
36 Blue Collar comic _____ White RON
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