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Music mini crosswords

Music is theme 21 of 29 in Theme Minis, filed under screen and stage. It holds 35 small crosswords, 18 are 5×5 and 17 are 6×6, and every one of them leans on words from screen and stage.

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The make-up of Music

A puzzle here carries 10 to 12 clues, 380 in all. Of those answers, 105 are on-subject words (3 to 6 letters), picked from a list of 98; the others are plain fill.

The Music puzzle list

Here is the full run, in the game’s own order. A couple of each puzzle’s themed clues are quoted, without their answers; puzzles that may be a daily mini soon are shown without clues.

  1. Puzzle 1, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Group of three players” and “Metal ridge on a guitar neck”
  2. Puzzle 2, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Slim double-reed woodwind” and “Informal play-along session”
  3. Puzzle 3, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Stick the conductor waves” and “___ 40 radio format”
  4. Puzzle 4, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Spotlight turn for one player” and “Note after fa”
  5. Puzzle 5, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Voice just below soprano” and “Songs played in one show”
  6. Puzzle 6, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Where the band plays” and “Guitar notation written with numbers”
  7. Puzzle 7, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Upbeat Jamaican genre with offbeat chords” and “Play by ___”
  8. Puzzle 8, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Chart-friendly genre” and “Silence marked in the score”
  9. Puzzle 9, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Piano part you press, or C major” and “Drum ___, with snare and cymbals”
  10. Puzzle 10, 6×6 grid, 12 clues
  11. Puzzle 11, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Spoken-rhythm genre” and “Short repeated guitar figure”
  12. Puzzle 12, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Ancient Greek plucked instrument” and “One out front with the mic”
  13. Puzzle 13, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  14. Puzzle 14, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “___ section, flutes and clarinets” and “Small four-string Hawaiian strummer”
  15. Puzzle 15, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Biggest brass instrument in the band” and “Sadder-sounding key”
  16. Puzzle 16, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Dot on the staff” and “Five lines the notes sit on”
  17. Puzzle 17, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  18. Puzzle 18, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “One song on an album” and “Piece written for two”
  19. Puzzle 19, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Quality of a sound” and “Steady pulse of a song”
  20. Puzzle 20, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Little plastic piece for strumming” and “Booked show for a band”
  21. Puzzle 21, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Curved mark joining two notes” and “Part of a song before the chorus”
  22. Puzzle 22, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Thin strip that vibrates in a clarinet” and “Span from one C to the next”
  23. Puzzle 23, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Big solo number in an opera” and “Where the orchestra sits at the opera”
  24. Puzzle 24, 6×6 grid, 12 clues
  25. Puzzle 25, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Line of a song's words” and “Piano part you press, or C major”
  26. Puzzle 26, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Sung, not played” and “Brass instrument, broadly”
  27. Puzzle 27, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Genre of loud guitars” and “Big hanging disc you strike”
  28. Puzzle 28, 6×6 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Small fiddle held under the chin” and “High male voice”
  29. Puzzle 29, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Marking that means play loudly” and “Short repeated guitar figure”
  30. Puzzle 30, 6×6 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Treble or bass symbol” and “Songs played in one show”
  31. Puzzle 31, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Two-person act” and “Signal to start playing”
  32. Puzzle 32, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Three or more notes at once” and “Group of singers”
  33. Puzzle 33, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Sign that lowers a note a half step” and “Melody, plainly”
  34. Puzzle 34, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Extra song after the applause” and “Horsehair stick drawn across strings”
  35. Puzzle 35, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “What an electric guitar plugs into” and “Balance the recorded tracks”

Sample Music clues

Clues only, from the Music list:

  • “Big string instrument played sitting down”
  • “Long part of a guitar you press strings against”
  • “Part everyone sings along to”
  • “Genre built on improvising”
  • “Low-end player in a rock group”
  • “Church instrument with pipes and pedals”

Play Music in Theme Minis

Open Theme Minis and press All the themes on the front page, then tap Music. The puzzles are spread over 3 pages, twelve to a page, each with a small picture of its grid. Pick one, fill the squares, and use Check or Reveal word if you get stuck; each adds half a minute to your time.

Rules, the timer and the streak are in How to play Theme Minis.

Neighbours of Music on the shelf

The full theme list has the rest. Prefer a quiz? Try Rewind; prefer words? See Stepword.