Prompt: This week’s contest answer is a #1 hit of the 1980s.
Answer: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
Correct entries: 668
Three rebus squares populated last week’s grid, on an axis stretching from the upper-left corner to the lower-right corner. Their six clues were:
1-A: [Seismic activity] = (EARTH)QUAKES
1-D: [Me and you (I’m assuming), for example] = (EARTH)LINGS
36-A: [Romantic room] = HONEY(MOON)SUITE
21-D: [In the distant past] = MANY(MOONS)AGO
63-A: [1980 Springsteen hit that begins “Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack”] HUNGRY(HEART)
46-D: [Darling] = SWEET(HEART)
So we’ve got the Earth, the Moon, and a Heart all lined up, which could only indicate the most stressful-to-listen-to #1 song of the 1980’s, Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” Graphic above stolen from Joon at Crossword Fiend.
Today’s instructions:
This week’s contest answer is a phrase comprised of two three-letter words.