by Peter Berryman
Spring Break
Solutions for this puzzling page can be found HERE.
Let's start off with two cryptoquotes. The first one has to do with music:
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The second one has nothing to do with music, on the surface, anyway:
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Song towns and cities: Match the numbers with the letters:
1. Scarlet Town
2. Honalee
3. Kingston Town
4. Boston
5. Morningtown
6. New York
7. Tulsa Town
8. Loredo
9. Yarrington Town
10. Avignon
11. Plymouth Town
12. Buffalo
13. Nassau Town
A. Darcy Farrow
B. Mamie O'Rourke
C. Barbara Allen
D. Poor Cowboy
E. Poor Charlie
F. A Maid (A-Rovin')
G. Ramblin' Boy
H. A Little Friend
I. Many Miles Away
J. Dance with a Dolly
K. Puff
L. Sur le Pont
M. Sloop John B.
MOSTLY FOLKIE
ACROSS
1 Finger across fretboard
4 __ MacDonald
7 Compact __
11 Copy
12 Study __ no more
13 Continent of 9 down
14 Singer/songwriter: __ gazer
16 Hiawatha Fest. land (abbr.)
17 Dulcimer resting place
18 Second Hank Willams
19 Not FM or PM
20 Sample recording
21 Do unto __
23 __' Laz'rus
24 In your pants
25 Huge venue
28 Chocolate blossom
29 For example
31 Babe the blue
33 Oui in Mexico
34 Miss or Mrs.
36 Step hard
39 Ax
43 Harmonica
44 Out of date (abbr)
45 __ my sunshine
46 When you may get there (abbr.)
47 Songwriter unknown (abbr.)
48 __ Barker (folk poet)
49 Gimme that ol' time __ (abbr.)
50 Big
51 Mares __ oats
DOWN
1 __ on my knee
2 Separate
3 __ Gary Davis (abbr.)
4 Hoo?
5 What R. Newman loves (abbr.)
6 Bongo
7 Oui in Russia
8 Theater pathway
9 Yul's Thailand
10 Fretboard clamp
15 Dylans's Gates of __
19 Rears
20 If you ain't got the _ _ _
22 No cover; pass this instead
23 Speakers, mixer, etc. (abbr.)
26 We got __ bananas
27 Guitar
28 Whither __
30 Soft instrument case
32 Power for 23 down
35 Unexciting
37 Judge
38 __ tradition
40 Federal farm agency (abbr)
41 Location
42 Beat with no note
44 Edmund Fitzgerald cargo
47 Like patent or copyright (abbr)