Longtime backup band for 45-Across, with "The" Crossword Clue

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BACKUP (noun)
1. a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
2. (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
LONGTIME (adjective)
1. having existed or persisted or continued in a particular role or state for a long time

More Daily Pop Crossword (7/14/2026) Answers

Across

1. Last little bit of a pencil

4. Actor Tony who stars in the Netflix comedy "The Good Cop"

9. Yale degree earned by Sigourney Weaver (Abbr.)

12. Home of the NCAA's Buckeyes (Abbr.)

13. Plain-looking computer font

14. 'All you can __' (buffet sign)

15. Composer who collaborated on 45-Across's album "Look Now" (2 wds.)

18. Canoeing site

19. Singer Gibbard of indie rock's Death Cab for Cutie

20. Chip in for poker cards

21. Supreme Court justice Kagan

23. The ___ Gap (Gary Puckett's band)

24. Country music's ___ at the Wheel

28. Important time period

31. The "A" of MoMA

33. Madrid's country, to locals

34. Vision-correcting surgical beam

36. Mustard named for a city in France

40. Show that launched Kelly Clarkson's career, familiarly

41. Bruce Springsteen classic "Born in the ___"

44. Song sung by one person

45. "Alison" and "Veronica" singer who was inducted into both the Rock & Roll and the Songwriters Halls of Fame (2 wds.)

48. Formerly known as, in an alumna's bio

49. "What ___ About You" (hit song by the Romantics) (2 wds.)

50. Altoids container

51. Damascus is its capital (Abbr.)

52. Music genre with Caribbean roots

53. The Who's I Can ___ for Miles

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Down

1. Duke or duchess

2. Pub regular's drink order, with "the"

3. "Designing Women" actress Delta

4. Apply with a cotton swab, say

5. Many a Saudi native

6. "This Is Why We Can't Have ___ Things" (song on Taylor Swift's "Reputation")

7. Journalist Paula

8. In the style of (2 wds.)

9. Blue ___ (music-hating figures in "Yellow Submarine")

10. "Fear ___: House of Fear" (FOX game show hosted by Johnny Knoxville)

11. Greek goddess of wisdom

16. Coffee break time, maybe (2 wds.)

17. "I ___ (So Far Away)" (A Flock of Seagulls hit song)

22. According to: 2 wds.

23. Topple

25. Macarena band __ del Río

26. Paranormal claim, briefly

27. Incoming flight calculation, briefly

29. Terse breakup announcement (2 wds.)

30. Pleasant surprise for an employee

31. "Men in Black" targets

32. Arthur "Boo" ___ ("To Kill a Mockingbird" character)

35. Quarterback Manning with two Super Bowl rings

37. Sudden shocks

38. Basic skateboarding move

39. Herman's Hermits lead singer Peter

41. Home of the NCAA's Bruins (Abbr.)

42. Window box dirt

43. Inquires

46. Female sibling, for short

47. "Tower Heist" actress Leoni

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