CROSSWORD

One of two copies of Kacy & Clayton’s Carrying On

HOW TO ENTER

The letters in the shaded squares form an anagram of a song by Led Zeppelin. When you’ve worked out what it is, send your answer to: Uncut November 2019 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 16, 2019.

This competition is only open to European residents.

CLUES ACROSS

1 A rather questionable follow-up album… “as you were” (3-2-3-3)

7+7D Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz were also members of The _ _ _ _ _ _ Club

(3-3)

9 Smiths compilation album that had a sales boom (6-4-5)

10+18D Sex Pistols hit that went slightly in, perhaps (5-5)

11 “The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Song” was unarguably by Supertramp (7)

13 _ _ _ _ Rodriguez, trombonist with The Specials (4)

14 Jacques _ _ _ _, Belgian artist who has been covered by David Bowie and Scott Walker (4)

16 “_ _ _ _ Song”, Top 10 hit for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (5)

17 African and West Indian roots music from Jonathan Richman (8-6)

22 Prog-rock band formed from ex-members of King Crimson, Yes and ELP (4)

23 (See 1 down)

25 That’s cut and dried then, he’s a member of Culture Club (3)

27 Album title connection between Steve Hillage and REM (5)

28 “His clothes are dirty but his _ _ _ _ _ are clean”, from Bob Dylan’s “Lay Lady Lay” (5)

29 Pulp named a song after US folk singer “Bob _ _ _ _ (The Only Way Is Down)” (4)

30 (See 4 down)

31 Barry _ _ _ _, had big ’60s hit with “Eloise” (4)

CLUES DOWN

1+23A “Watch the greenbacks tumble, feel the sterling crumble,” 1974 (4-6-7)

2+25D While The Eels were playing, someone was fortunate instead to spend time with The Damned (4-5-3-2-4)

3 A mournful piece of music on album by The Nice (5)

4+30A “I’ll be glad to see you later, all they got inside is vacancy,” 2001 (5-5)

5 It’s Dido without a heavenly body (2-5)

6+15D “Bring that dynamite and a crane/ Blow it up, start all over again,” UK hit in 1964 (7-4)

7 (See 7 across)

8 Goth band formed by Wayne Hussey after leaving The Sisters Of Mercy (7)

12 Named after the Russian dog that orbited the earth, they picked for us “Silver Apples Of The Moon” (5)

15 (See 6 down)

18 (See 10 across)

19 She was the only girl for Toto (7)

20 A cough is terrible on Steely Dan album (6)

21 “You’re the _ _ _ _ _ _ I’m travelling on/don’t think twice, it’s all right,”

Bob Dylan (6)

24 Fronted by sisters June and Jean Millington, they were one of the first all-female rock groups (5)

25 (See 2 down)

26 Ian Brown had this even in a safe area (1-1-1-1)