CROSSWORD

One of two copies of Connan Mockasin’s Jassbusters on CD

HOW TO ENTER

The letters in the shaded squares form an anagram of a song by Davie Bowie. When you’ve worked out what it is, send your answer to: Uncut November 2018 Xword Comp, Basement 2, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Steet, London SE1 0SU. The first correct entry picked at random will win a prize. Closing date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018. This competition is only open to European residents.

ClUES ACROSS

1 Brit-poppers who’ve just spent time in “The Blue Hour” (5) 4 Singer-songwriter who’s just been seen “In The Blue Light” (4-5) 9 Singer-songwriter who’s just revealed he’s all “Out Of The Blues” (3-6) 10+11A The Dream Syndicate have nothing left of their black and white mix (3-6) 13 They’ve been nominated a record eleven times for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame without success (4) 14+25D “Goingoverto___________, walking south down Baxter Street ”, The Eels (6-5)

15+34A Shot live arrangement of Maroon 5 performance (4-4) 16 “And in the car they found a tape, but they didn’t say who it was to,” 2000 (4) 17 Prog-rock band formed by Robert John Godfrey (4) 20 The Cure were at their peak in 1984 (3-3) 23 A ’50s No 1 hit for The Kalin Twins, covered in the ’70s by Showaddywaddy (4) 24 Might be the lead singer of The Pretty Things (3) 25 (See 6 down) 26 Method used on album by Seal (6) 28 Those people that Van Morrison associated with (4) 30+29A “This is our new song, just like the last one, a total waste of time,” 1994 (2-4-4) 31 Irish indie rock band to appear at start of Halloween (3) 32 Sounds like a drum was used on this King Crimson album (4) 33+22D Band that evolved from The Strand and The Swankers (3-7) 34 (See 15 across)

ClUES DOWN

1“My fine looking suit is really made out of sack,” 1966 (10) 2 Split _ _ _, had 1980 hit with “I Got You” (3) 3 Let’s hear it again for Tangerine Dream album (6) 4 A hit in the ’50s that was originally titled “Cindy Lou” (5-3) 5 Punk band fronted since their conception in 1976 by Charlie Harper (1-1-4) 6+25A Slash down to remix Interpol single (4-5) 7 As the drummer with The Jimi Hendrix Experience was known (5) 8+18D Traffic having problem with identification (2-4-2-4-2-6) 12 Gary Numan was banished from the country with this release (5) 13 Brazilian rockers taking part in a Stereophonics’ song (3) 18 (See 8 down) 19 “But then I knew that very soon you’d leave me,” 1968 (4) 21 The Thin White Duke 10 years later got thin somehow (7) 22 (See 33 across) 23 Don _ _ _, producer who sounds like a has-been (3) 25 (See 14 across) 30+27D US jazz singer best known in UK for his 60’s hit “Comin’ Home Baby” (3-5)