Advertisement Continue reading the main storyFor example, at 20A, UMBRELLA POLICY is the answer to the clue “Regulation regarding a 2007 #1 Rihanna hit?” and “Umbrella” is the name of that 2007 hit song:Similarly, the 53A clue, “1979 #1 Styx hit played for Little Red Riding Hood?” has as its answer BABE IN THE WOODS, with “Babe” being the No. 1 hit by the band Styx:Ms. Loeb and Mr. Peterson even got Ms. Loeb’s 1994 No. 1 hit song, “Stay,” into their theme:And who could resist Pharrell Williams’s 2014 hit, “Happy”? Anyway, SIDE A is the answer to “Hit home?” in the sense that the hit music lives on that side of the record. The best potential theme entry left on the cutting-room floor could be clued as “Botching the lyrics to a 1997 #1 Mariah Carey hit?” (11 letters).

Source: New York Times June 06, 2017 01:52 UTC