The Backroom 4.23.24

Questions, Clues and Answers with a Passover twist. Crossword Competition based on It’s a Robbery by Alan DerKazarian. 1. Good Times > Ace, in Poker Slang 2. Porche model > Support staff 3. Made a Mark, say > Garden spot 4. Getting info > Earner of Merit Badges 5. Daisy, e.g. > British Amie? 1976 Steve Miller Band hit is a hint to making sense of it all.

  • Questions 67 & 68 — Chicago
  • What’s the T? — Roy Ayers (f. Merry Clayton)
  • I Keep Asking You Questions — Black Ivory
  • Whatcha Gonna Do? — Phat Phunktion
  • What Is Hip? — Tower of Power
  • Why All the Pictures of Your Food? — Leo Pik
  • What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? — R.E.M.
  • What Have I Done Wrong? — Luther Allison
  • Raised on Robbery — Joni Mitchell
  • bullMARKet — Barry Galbraith
  • caYENne — Helle Hansen (f. Tip Toe Big Band)
  • bRANDed — Nils Lofgren
  • scoPING out — Heifervescent (ping is a digital currency)
  • mateRIAL girl — Madonna
  • Take the Money and Run — Steve Miller Band
  • Love Time — The Motet
  • 1999 — Prince
  • New Sensation — INXS
  • Rock the Casbah — The Clash
  • One Thing Leads to Another — The Fixx
  • Hungry Like the Wolf — Duran Duran
  • Matza Mia! An Abba Passover — Six13
  • Go Down, Moses — Mavis Staples & Judge Peterson
  • Passover Story and Exodus — Charlton Heston & Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Don’t Stop We’re Leaving — Y-Studs a Cappella
  • Ramblin’ Man — The Allman Brothers