Across
- 1. Sparkles in a red-state bar
- 3. Rough around the pop edges
- 7. Question whispered in confusion
- 9. Love caught like a sickness
- 11. PinkPantheress in emotional turmoil
- 12. Teardrops with a tantrum
- 13. Ethereal status with Virgo energy
- 15. Jim Carrey film, or Ari’s bright new beginning
- 17. Regret with eyeliner
- 20. Snapshot of growth in real time
- 21. Optimism with a beat
- 22. Your time’s up
- 24. Soft flower or something you blow on for wishes
- 25. Late-night confrontation
- 26. Spirited journey — also a track, not a Studio Ghibli film
- 28. gaga's poetic chaos
- 30. Sweet bruises
- 33. Three sharp words, one soft beat
- 35. Face-to-face with contradictions
- 36. Bey’s ballroom revival
- 37. Kendrick starts a fight with flow
- 39. Unapologetically bold acronym
- 40. The Weeknd’s debut mixtape turned architectural
- 44. Pulitzer-prize poet of Compton
- 46. Energetic and unbothered
- 47. SZA wants affection without conditions
- 49. Sabrina says you can’t forget this flavor
- 50. Love that bleeds you dry
- 51. Passion with a stomp
- 52. You were just a moment
- 57. Defiant identity
- 60. A name turned anthem
- 61. Ariana insists it's not fiction
- 62. Song for when you want to stay in bed forever
- 63. Two voices, one heartbreak
- 68. Summer that wasn’t yours
- 70. Billie’s French declaration of affection
- 71. Pressured under lights
- 74. Twisted, saucy interlude
- 76. CTRL freak (in the best way)
- 77. Sabrina asks you to drop the mask
- 80. Frank’s emotional masterpiece (no E)
- 83. Cold steel confidence
- 84. Excess in a pool with no lifeguard
- 85. Feelings kept lowercase
- 86. Bedroom tension and vibes
- 87. Renaissance woman — literally
- 89. Signed silence
- 93. Cosmic soul-searching
- 94. Can’t stop thinking about the other girl
- 95. Feline chaos and pop brilliance
- 99. Doe's compact car metaphor
- 101. tate's elusive unreleased album
- 103. Teenage apology tour
- 106. Not the brightest, maybe
- 107. Kendrick’s jazzy metamorphosis
- 108. Smiling while seething
- 109. Caribbean repetition therapy
- 111. Almost love in another timeline
- 112. Guilt you can't wash off
- 114. Fragile, reflective performer
- 115. SZA offering safe emotional space
- 116. Grief that bites back
- 117. Brazilian city as a sonic escape
- 118. Mysterious swimmer in the Blond(e) pool
- 119. Underground ache
Down
- 2. Fate disguised as chance
- 3. Gaga’s biblical garden gets twisted
- 4. Crowned with control
- 5. Gaga’s ode to someone inked and iconic
- 6. Hope dressed in haze
- 8. She’s not in love, and that’s final
- 10. Three-letter cry for help from SZA
- 14. Rhythmic stomp of culture
- 16. Secrets tucked into motel sheets
- 18. Petty plans in lipstick
- 19. Directorial drama meets SZA chaos
- 23. A girl sweet like strawberries, but maybe imagined
- 27. Where emotions simmer
- 29. Too booked for BS
- 31. Press this for SZA’s debut
- 32. Beyoncé’s bittersweet visual album
- 34. Funeral for a nation
- 38. Stepping out of emotional shadows
- 41. Emotional residue on cotton
- 42. What Doja Cat says you’re giving to the wrong things
- 43. Southern showdown, Bey style
- 45. Dua Lipa closing chapters
- 48. Whispered prayers from a cracked heart
- 53. Cruising track with SZA behind the wheel
- 54. Billie’s paradoxical punch
- 55. Comfort from the back of the closet
- 56. Funk flashback
- 58. Tyla leaves the question hanging
- 59. Taste of rebellion
- 64. Demanding to be seen
- 65. Whisper-pop queen with a sharp pen
- 66. The Weeknd’s offering for fame
- 67. Slipping in and out of approval
- 69. Night dweller who can't feel his face
- 72. Always emptying herself
- 73. Love that kills softly
- 75. Final word in a sermon
- 76. Feeling not-so after social comparison
- 78. Cowboy Carter’s sultry poker track
- 79. Cold shoulder with receipts
- 81. Cold realization in real time
- 82. Childhood in a soft frame
- 84. She’s been making you wait in line
- 87. Flying in tandem
- 88. Caffeinated confidence
- 90. Shielding the soft parts
- 91. You might not know the answer to this Charli XCX track
- 92. Subterranean energy from the SOS album
- 96. Speeding through heartbreak
- 97. Brent speaks it with sensual fluency
- 98. Beyoncé’s sensual astrological bop
- 100. Ponytail powerhouse
- 102. Hypnotic echo
- 104. Wings clipped but singing
- 105. Kendrick’s royal alter ego
- 110. Digital love in 8-bit
- 112. Sadness in full spectrum
- 113. Insecurities under skin