Sophomore Sounds
(Lyrics and Music by...)
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This month we celebrate the 8th anniversary of the historic album that was Billboard's first #1 by an openly gay artist - Adam!


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  • 1. One word to describe this album

  • 5. "Star Wars" genre

  • 10. "The higher, the lower, the down, down, down"

  • 16. Delivery room urging

  • 17. "Give yourself to the rush"

  • 19. "Nucky" of "Boardwalk Empire" and others (Anagram of CHOSEN)

  • 20. Katy Perry's debut single "__ __ Gay"

  • 21. Galapagos lizards

  • 22. Behave in a certain manner

  • 23. With 25-Across, "Fragments don't count..."

  • 25. With 23-Across, "...They always end up fallin' through the cracks"

  • 27. Broadway labor gp.

  • 28. Monroe's "The Seven Year Itch" co-star

  • 30. NFL team playing in Inglewood (Anagram of ALARMS)

  • 32. Japanese and UK CD bonus track (3 words)

  • 37. Ghost town population (3 words)

  • 41. "Here _ ___, there..." ("Old MacDonald" lyric)

  • 42. Barn roof spinners

  • 44. Eau-__ ___ (brandy)

  • 45. Jewish song of praise

  • 48. "Wait 'til ya get a load of me"

  • 52. Perfect score, to the Pope

  • 55. Solo vocal pieces

  • 56. Early Beatles bassist Sutcliffe

  • 57. Halloween month: Abbr.

  • 60. "I'm feeling pretty fierce in my dancing shoes"

  • 62. "Try and see my heart" (Acronym of song title)

  • 64. UK bonus track

  • 65. "Kid" of New Orleans jazz fame

  • 66. Ahead by a point (2 words)

  • 68. SAG-AFTRA (or 27-Across), e.g.

  • 70. "You got the key to your release" (3 words)

  • 74. With everything in its place

  • 78. Families of plants: Suffix

  • 79. Ancestral diagrams

  • 82. She wrote "Strut" with Adam

  • 83. "Friend Eddie"'s favorite song (2 words)

  • 87. "Welcome to my world of truth"

  • 90. Acts theatrically

  • 92. Reacted to a massage, maybe

  • 93. ___ Hill, in San Francisco or Boston

  • 95. With 98-Across, "Tears all fall the same,..."

  • 98. With 95-Across, "...We all feel the rain"

  • 102. Princess Grace's domain

  • 104. Symbolized

  • 106. GM's German subsidiary

  • 107. "Is there __ ___ in here?"

  • 108. Fragrant flower with a "lemon" variety

  • 109. "___, vidi, vici" (Caesar's boast)

  • 110. "Tonight we're taking over the town"

  • 111. Brit's cavalry sword

  • 112. Wraps up

  • Down
  • 1. Digital book, briefly

  • 2. Contented kitty sound

  • 3. "That __ __ you!"

  • 4. "My heart is like a rock"

  • 5. Freud, to friends?

  • 6. "101 Dalmatians" villainess

  • 7. Great or Terrible ruler

  • 8. Long tooth, as on a vampire

  • 9. Summed up (2 words)

  • 10. Cardinal topper (2 words)

  • 11. "Ceci n'est pas ___ pipe" (Magritte caption)

  • 12. Reason for not being allowed backstage, perhaps (2 words)

  • 13. "I don't wanna let a minute get away" (Acronym of song title)

  • 14. Hot rod org. (Anagram of HAIR)

  • 15. Clock-setting in Newfoundland: Abbr.

  • 17. Phonetic alphabet number after "ait" or SF football fan

  • 18. From Korea or China, say

  • 24. Lamb's ma

  • 26. "No more seats" Broadway sign

  • 29. Adore, on candy hearts

  • 31. Tantrums: Colloq.

  • 32. "Humbug!"

  • 33. Singer Sumac who descended from Atahualpa, the last Incan emperor

  • 34. "Blues in the Night (My Mama Done ___ Me)"

  • 35. Head M.D.?

  • 36. Doris Day's "will be"

  • 38. Biological egg theory

  • 39. Mountain range in Utah (Anagram of UNIT A)

  • 40. Advantage, so to speak (2 words)

  • 43. Native of Belgrade

  • 46. "_ __ for Elephant"

  • 47. Floral emblem of Hawaii

  • 49. In ___ (as first found)

  • 50. Agony

  • 51. Welcome warmly to one's home (2 words)

  • 53. Peter Pan's Hook: Abbr.

  • 54. "American ___"

  • 57. Black tea variety (Anagram of POOKA)

  • 58. Spring-blooming members of the iris family

  • 59. Detail-oriented, perfectionist personality

  • 61. 2010 Ringo Starr album whose title asks a question

  • 63. #1 Stooge

  • 67. Creamy color

  • 69. "Take it off and try me on" (2 words)

  • 71. "Remember the first time we collided" (2 words)

  • 72. Home, in Hamburg

  • 73. Barbie's on-again, off-again boyfriend

  • 75. Chinese pagoda

  • 76. Type of tramcar in Houston or Portland, Ore.: Abbr.

  • 77. Slangy agreement, as in "Fargo"

  • 80. "Mary Tyler Moore" boss portrayer(2 words)

  • 81. Red or Yellow, Black or White

  • 84. Really emotional outburst (upon hearing bad news)

  • 85. Telecommunications org.

  • 86. Hulu or Ustream, e.g. (2 words)

  • 88. "Mary Tyler Moore" spin-off

  • 89. Specially-shaped clock (Anagram of FEN)

  • 91. Gin fizz fruits

  • 93. Lower-class, to Brits (Anagram of NOUN)

  • 94. A hundred smackers

  • 96. Native of Ghana (Anagram of 82-Across)

  • 97. "Dragnet" creator/star Jack

  • 99. Warm up for the headliner

  • 100. Work the merch stand

  • 101. "The Whiffenpoof Song" singers (Anagram of LIES)

  • 102. Cheese's partner, in a popular casserole

  • 103. "All-American Girl" comic Margaret

  • 105. About 2 o'clock, directionwise

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