Plugged In: Crossword Answer Key

ACROSS:

1 – Lil Nas X’s breakthrough (and Billboard’s longest running No. 1 single): OLDTOWNROAD
7 – TV chennel host of the awards mentioned in 17 down: MTV
11 – First track of Adele’s 25: HELLO
12 – All the kids are on it these days!: TIKTOK
14 – Penman behind “All Along the Watchtower” by last name: DYLAN
16 – Abbreviated smash hit off Outkast’s Stankonia: BOB
18 – Ms. Fitzgerald, jazz legend: ELLA
19 – First N.W.A. member to go solo: ICECUBE
21 – Robert Smith’s gothic troupe, minus “The”: CURE
22 – Joe Strummer fought it (and lost): LAW
23 – Shorthand for “do it yourself”: DIY
25 – What you’d call Mr. Redding, if close: OTIS
28 – Surname of Gorillaz/Blur frontman: ALBARN
31 – Nine Inch Nails song covered by Johnny Cash: HURT
32 – Gang that broke rap into Billboards top 40 for the first time: SUGARHILL
34 – Epithet of Jon, Peep and Uzi Vert among others: LIL
35 – Beatles drummer: RINGO
36 – N.Y.C. Clan not to be trifled wit(h): WUTANG
38 – Jeff Buckley’s one-time love, Liz ______ (of Cocteau Twins fame): FRASER
39 – They don’t want “No Scrubs”: TLC
41 – Ubiquitous drum break most often sampled in hip-hop and D’n’B: AMEN
42 – Successor to Joy Division: NEWORDER
44 – The first Beastie Boy to rock the sure shot: MIKED
46 – Her 2007 hit “Umbrella” was nigh-unavoidable: RIHANNA
49 – He’s not a businessman, he’s a business, man: JAYZ
50 – 2003 documentary profiling The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols: DIG
52 – Fast food restaurant O.D.B. got popped at on the run in South Philly: MCDONALDS
54 – Napster’s mortal enemy: RIAA
55 – This boy band is celebrating the 20th anniversary of “No Strings Attached”: NSYNC
57 – London songwriter and “Glow” actress Kate, or, the N in CSNY: NASH
58 – The Fugazi ticket price (in dollars): FIVE
62 – Lovably zany Icelandic artist who got her start as frontwoman of the Sugarcubes: BJORK
63 – Tragically late Beastie Boy and quaker school attendee: MCA
64 – Signature song for soul deity Aretha Franklin: RESPECT
65 – Infamously disastrous music festival in 2017: FYRE
66 – Slang for live music performance: GIG
67 – Folk supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash and _____: YOUNG

DOWN:

2 – According to DNA tests, she’s 100% “that b*tch”: LIZZO
3 – Best-selling album of all time (hint: “Werewolf Dance”): THRILLER
4 – Criminally underrated “Walk the Line” parody starring John C. Reilly: WALKHARD
5 – Fiercely independent hip-hop label based in Minneapolis: RHYMESAYERS
6 – Dr. Dre’s record label: AFTERMATH
8 – Competitor to 7 across: VHONE
9 – Sophomore Foo effort “The ______ and The Shape”: COLOUR
10 – Supergroup created between Nirvana and Sunny Day Real Estate remnants: FOOFIGHTERS
13 – Beyonce’s family surname: KNOWLES
15 – “I’ve got the records/ she’s got ___”: YOU
17 – Krist Novoselic’s “_________ Bass Toss” during the ’92 VMAs: SENSATIONAL
20 – MISSY of hip-hop (and music video) royalty: ELLIOT
24 – The P.J. in P.J. Harvey: POLLYJEAN
26 – Guitarist featured in both Dead & Co. and The Chappelle Show: JOHNMAYER
27 – Detroit record label and heart of soul: MOTOWN
28 – FX TV show starring (and created by) Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino: ATLANTA
29 – Holiday and Eilish, for example: BILLIES
30 – The fabled demand from harvest-era Neil Young atop a rowboat: “____ ____!”: MOREBARN
33 – “_______ Style,” the smash hit courtesy of Psy: GANGNAM
37 – Downtempo electronica group once prominently featured in Adult Swim bumpers: TYCHO
38 – Bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers: FLEA
40 – Ms. Stefani of No Doubt and solo fame: GWEN
43 – 924 ______, the all ages D.I.Y. hub of San Francisco: GILMAN
44 – What the British tabloids call Morrissey: MOZ
45 – First names of Hall and Oates, respectively: DARYLJOHN
47 – Beastie Boy and husband to Kathleen Hanna: ADROCK
48 – “Wuthering Heights” Kate, or, 90’s Sixteen Stone rockers: BUSH
49 – Hitmaker of “All Along the Watchtower,” by first name: JIMI
51 – Bag yourself one of these music awards, and you’ve made it: GRAMMY
53 – ATL’s most prestigious hip-hop/RnB family and collective: DUNGEON
56 – Reel Big Fish’s genre: SKA
59 – O.G. Norwegian black metal musician and fire lover: VARG
60 – Legendary NYC punk dive and current John Varvatos store: CBGB
61 – British music mag, traditionally: NME

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