JOHN POWELL, WHY YOU LOVE MUSIC — We try to make sense... of everything... including music. ... We find it pleasant if our expectations are frustrated occasionally, but we don't expect to be wildly donkey... like the way you didn't expect the word "donkey" just then.
We try to make sense out of everything we experience — including music.
When we hear a new piece, we use the large mental library of music we have already heard to give us some context, and we unconsciously construct a set of expectations — we predict that the tune will rise or fall, get louder or softer — and we are often right. We find it pleasant if our expectations are frustrated occasionally, but we don't expect to be wildly donkey. Rather like the way you didn't expect the word "donkey" just then.
| A. | Lighthearted display of wit and cleverness (2 wds.) | JEUDESPRIT |
| B. | Got the better of by ingenuity | OUTFOXED |
| C. | At a drastic discount (hyph.) | HALFPRICE |
| D. | Where Boston Marathoners run up Heartbreak Hill | NEWTON |
| E. | Exclamation meant to elicit gasps | PRESTO |
| F. | Princess-turned-swan of ballet | ODETTE |
| G. | Piccadilly Circus locale (2 wds.) | WESTEND |
| H. | Set of 12 Debussy pieces | ETUDES |
| I. | Restrained, mellow, laid-back (hyph.) | LOWKEY |
| J. | Sorrowful song; moan and groan | LAMENT |
| K. | Something often worn at a concert or amusement park | WRISTBAND |
| L. | Woodstock's last performer | HENDRIX |
| M. | Display of ennui | YAWN |
| N. | 1958 novelty hit for the Coasters (2 wds.) | YAKETYYAK |
| O. | "Eleanor Rigby" string ensemble | OCTET |
| P. | Aim of a gadfly or troll | UPSETTING |
| Q. | Criminal's opposite | LAWFUL |
| R. | Charge of which Lenny Bruce was convicted | OBSCENITY |
| S. | Composer of the opera buffa "Falstaff" | VERDI |
| T. | Like some dancers and pets | EXOTIC |
| U. | What's picked by Chris Thile or Sam Bush | MANDOLIN |
| V. | Bad, for the superstitious | UNLUCKY |
| W. | "I don't care what you think!" (2 wds.) | SOTHERE |
| X. | Be on the same wavelength | IDENTIFY |
| Y. | Birthplace of Herbie Hancock, Lou Rawls and Benny Goodman | CHICAGO |