Day 12: Concrete

The Solution

The theme is Pavement songs. The highlighted entries below are for making sure there are enough Pavement song clues.

Across

  • 1. Technically distinct from VAT: GST
  • 4. KitH airer: CBC
  • 7. Legolas had to keep picking them up: ARROWS
  • 10. "I find that a bit amusing.": HEH
  • 11. Utterance that could be musical or distressed: MOANING
  • 13. "Heaven ____ Truck" (2 words): IS A
  • 14. ?
  • 16. Nickname eschewed by Stallone: SYL
  • 17. IATA for Witham Field: SUA
  • 18. Decline, especially in the middle: SAG
  • 21. Cut off: END
  • 23. GWB faction: GOP
  • 25. Decay: ROT
  • 28. ?
  • 33. Chess rating: ELO
  • 34. Take up some of the same space: OVERLAP
  • 35. Subject for those studying abroad in USA: ESL
  • 36. Restart breathing, perhaps: EXHALE
  • 37. "Flux = ____": RAD
  • 38. Traditional Chinese egg-shaped flute: XUN

Down

  • 1. "Jackals, False ____: The Lonesome Era": GRAILS
  • 2. "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence," e.g.: SONG
  • 3. Catch on: TWIG
  • 4. Candy of Gravity Falls: CHIU
  • 5. "____ Friend's Arm": BEST
  • 6. Tea: CHAI
  • 7. 2 tsp, 3 kg, and 4 amps: AMTS
  • 8. A Gilmore girl: RORY
  • 9. SMRPG:LotSS system: SNES
  • 12. Devourer of text adventure protagonists: GRUE
  • 15. "Westie ____ Drum": CAN
  • 19. In the past: AGO
  • 20. Visit (2 words): GO TO
  • 22. ____ Grant, a Jurassic Park character (2 words): DR. ALAN
  • 24. Cover in concrete, say: PAVE
  • 26. Egg shape: OVAL
  • 27. "____ Slowly": TYPE
  • 28. Go off course: VEER
  • 29. Go-to Halloween costume: ELSA
  • 30. "____ Soundz": GOLD
  • 31. "The ____": HEXX
  • 32. Traditional Chinese fiddle: ERHU

14 and 28 Across spell out TRIGGER CUT I'VE GOT A HEAVY. "Trigger Cut" is another Pavement song, and the word that finishes the lyric is the answer, COAT.

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