| Christmas songs |
| Not too often |
| 1964 Beatles song |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| 2000 Best Song Oscar winner |
| Often-affected outburst |
| Action needed to spot the four fliers in the theme answers |
| A good band pic on the CD, songs that will appeal to music producers, etc.? |
| #1 song between Phil Collins's "Groovy Kind of Love" and The Escape Club's "Wild Wild West" (1988 wasn't good for music, apparently) |
| Artists' studios, often |
| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries |
| Almost dozen Grateful Dead song "The ___ |
| A WWI song urged us to keep them burning |
| Afternoon tea time, traditionally |
| Songbirds |
| Referee's song to losers |
| Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| Alpine song (5) |
| 1973 Rolling Stones #1 song |
| Alimony recipient, often |
| Church song |
| Ohio town where "there's a happiness" in an old Glenn Miller song |
| All Songs Considered" airer |
| They take song requests at parties: Abbr. |
| Puff's land, in song |
| Calculators often made with bamboo frames |
| Beyoncé song with a title that describes a saintly glow |
| A rock band's name often appears on it |
| HBO talk show host often featured "eviscerating" something or other |
| Lone Ranger's theme composer |