"Now play C major and C minor descending"? Crossword Clue

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"Now play C major and C minor descending"? Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

DESCENDING (adjective)
1. coming down or downward
MAJOR (noun)
1. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
2. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
MAJOR (adjective)
1. greater in number or size or amount
2. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
MAJOR (verb)
1. have as one’s principal field of study

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More LA Times Crossword (9/3/2026) Answers

Across

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9. Catches forty winks

13. Hazy brew, briefly

14. Raise in relief

16. On-the-job protection org.

17. "Step one: make sure everything is in tune"?

19. Drill or clamp

20. Party game with forbidden words

21. Origin of a plot hole?

22. Green Gables girl

23. One with elitist tastes

24. "Learn to recognize the pattern of sharps and flats"?

27. Big heads

29. Regretted

30. Perpignan pal

33. Put a new price on

36. Wedding party member, perhaps

39. "Don't wait for anyone else, go ahead and write a song"?

42. Beer with the largest single-site brewery in the world

43. Olympic judo medalist Rousey

44. Place for a tug

45. Opportunity org.

47. Mirror pic letters on social media

53. Aware of

57. Onigiri wrapper

58. Tonewood used to make ukuleles

59. Parting mot

60. Shortly, quaintly

61. Score symbols, or a description of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 49-Across

64. Run while sitting

65. Draw out

66. Groove

67. Yuks, online

68. Short digression

69. Photo __

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Down

1. Talents

2. Hive-minded?

3. Greta known as the "Swedish Sphinx"

4. Diet with fat bombs

5. Feedback provider, maybe

6. Triple Crown stat

7. Fliers who are often light-headed?

8. Tie at a racetrack?

9. Zero interest

10. "Sure, that's a very normal response ... "

11. Baloney descriptor

12. Retail statistic

15. Like tulle

18. Drink brand with lizards in its logo

24. Springfield watering hole

25. Sunflower kin

26. Tommy Pickles, for one

28. "__ Pointe Blank"

30. Syracuse's gp.

31. Sound from a pen

32. "My streak continues!"

34. Edebiri of “The Bear”

35. "Why are you still here?"

37. World Cup cheer

38. Theater director's deg.

40. Nutty confections

41. Sukiyaki noodle, maybe

46. Words on a docent's badge

48. Bird that was once endemic to Mauritius

49. ___ mail

50. Airbnb option

51. Birth day party?

52. Caravan's rest spot

54. Cold brew style

55. Pave the way for, as a topic of conversation

56. Removes

59. Prerequisite to a deal

62. Here, in Le Havre

63. Spains El __

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