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Why have I stopped listening to my favorite album?
Why have I recently stopped listening to my favorite Smashing Pumpkins album?
JK, I still love it.
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Who is the Greatest Classic Rock Band of All Time?
This is not a "normal" crossword, but the clues are pretty normal, i.e. they're not cryptic-clues. The words you put into the boxes, though, aren't the answers to the clues, they're just related.
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Nice song, pity about the words
There's a song I really like but I can't remember the title and I certainly can't remember the words. Perhaps you can help me.
I've summarised the lyrics as best I can, but in a rather literal way.
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Mi, So, Re, Do?
Not quite! But it's even easier to do! Here's what you'll need:
It may? help some people, but the title should have been:
Also:
Hints:
Warning! One step of the solution!
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Four-and-twenty songs baked in a wall
The list of twenty-four songs below can be partitioned. Each partition is of four songs. The six rules of partition membership are related to one another: specifically, they can be thought of in such ...
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A Crossworm Puzzle
crossworm (noun) - A song that gets stuck in one's crossword puzzle.
See also: earworm
You know how it is - one moment, you've got a song stuck in your head; the next, it's stuck in your crossword ...
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What is missing from my aunt's inheritance?
A few days ago my aunt passed away and left her inheritance. I feel like something is missing but I don't know what, she left this music score instead:
I can't read the musical notation: can you help ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #14 (Entertainment 3/4): Integration by Parts
This is part 14 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
1975
FLON ERE INCEL ANY DOT HUE MANC HINGE
2018
2022
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Musical murder mystery
This is a murder mystery set in an alternate reality that involves siblings of two famous musicians. Your job is to toe the line between reality and imagination, and figure out which of the stated ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2022 (Day 14): Let's decorate the tree!
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2022. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
If you ...
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Headbanging Emojis
Maybe you remember my emoji loving friend. To make it short, he heard about the current music challenge and sent me this (click for bigger version):
(Emoji art supplied by Emoji One.)
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A Trivial Pursuit #05 (Science and Nature 1/4): Animal Songs
This is part 5 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
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E G S T H E M A M ♩♩♩♩♩♩♩♩♩
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PSE Advent Calendar 2022 (Day 3): Okay everybody, from the top!
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My brother ...
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A Strange Question of Identity
It doesn't matter what you had for lunch.
Fat and weak, what a disgrace
Don't be vain and don't be whiny.
I'm too much man for you to take.
You're the biggest joke on the Internet.
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 17): FA-LA-LA-LA-LA LA-LA-LA-LA
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Mr. Slant, ...
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