Constructor: Trent Evans
Relative difficulty: Easy
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THEME: METAL MUSIC — The first word of each theme answer is a metal,and the clue is related to music.
Theme answers:
Word of the Day: ASTOR (First U.S. millionaire John Jacob ____) —
OMG you guys i am so sorry for being late!!! I just completely forgot. Kind of ironic bc my mom and her twin forgetting that they were supposed to post was the whole reason I started writing for Rex! But I'm here now. Hi!
Relative difficulty: Easy
THEME: METAL MUSIC — The first word of each theme answer is a metal,and the clue is related to music.
Theme answers:
- NICKELBACK (17A: Rock band with the 2001 #1 hit "How You Remind Me")
- SILVER BELLS (23A: Classic Christmas song with the lyric "City sidewalks, busy sidewalks / Dressed in holiday style")
- PLATINUM RECORDS (38A: Million-selling albums)
- TIN PAN ALLEY (47A: Old New York song publishing locale)
- METAL MUSIC (59A: Genre for Slayer and Iron Maiden...or a hint to 17-, 23-, 28- and 47-Across)
Word of the Day: ASTOR (First U.S. millionaire John Jacob ____) —
John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman, real estate developer, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family.Astor died in the sinking of RMS Titanic during the early hours of April 15, 1912.[2] Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time with a net worth of roughly $87 million when he died (equivalent to $2.26 billion in 2018).
(Wikipedia)
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OMG you guys i am so sorry for being late!!! I just completely forgot. Kind of ironic bc my mom and her twin forgetting that they were supposed to post was the whole reason I started writing for Rex! But I'm here now. Hi!
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I wanted to like this puzzle more than I actually did but I keep getting hung up on METAL MUSIC. Correct me if I'm wrong but I've never heard anyone call it anything but "metal." I mean seriously! One thing I did love, though, is how all the second words of theme answers connected to music just as much as the clues did--BELLS, RECORDS....and, uh, ALLEY. I guess you could play music in an alleyway?
One last gripe: "Gone with the Wind" is not the only possible clue for TARA! Other than that though, nice easy-breezy Monday.