I LOVE THESE 80
by Mike Selinker
Solution: TERMINATOR 2
Each of the eighty fake musical act names is a letter bank for an actual musical act from the 80s (e.g., SLOB = LOS LOBOS). The musical act links to a snippet of one of their videos. Each video's title can bank down into a word that matches one of the one-word clues (e.g., LA BAMBA = BALM, which matches the clue "Salve"). The list of those words is the word list for the kriss kross. When those words are placed, the yellow letters spell THE FILM WHOSE THEME IS SURGEON'S "MINCE DOUBLY." The word SURGEON banks to GUNS 'N ROSES, and MINCE DOUBLY banks to YOU COULD BE MINE, which is the theme song of TERMINATOR 2.
Fake musical act | Real musical act | Video | Clue | Kriss kross word |
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DOVER TWINS | STEVIE WONDER | DO I DO | Ronnie | DIO |
FER U | FREUR | DOOT DOOT | Point | DOT |
HERBAL T'S | THE BELLE STARS | IKO IKO | Fish | KOI |
LUKE PISA | PAUL LEKAKIS | BOOM BOOM | Criminals | MOB |
BOXED TURNIPS | BUSTER POINDEXTER | HOT HOT HOT | Despite | THO |
NC DRUM | RUN DMC | MARY MARY | Force | ARMY |
SLOB | LOS LOBOS | LA BAMBA | Salve | BALM |
MARK BENT | KAMENBERT | SHA LA LA LA | Whip | LASH |
TONESHA | SHEENA EASTON | STRUT | Grooves | RUTS |
PRIM SLYDE | SIMPLY RED | STARS | Autocrat | TSAR |
ASHBY MELT | THE ASSEMBLY | NEVER NEVER | Ehlers | VERN |
LID BOY | BILLY IDOL | REBEL YELL | Gem | BERYL |
GAMINE | ENIGMA | SADENESS | Europeans | DANES |
TOM DEWCALF | FLEETWOOD MAC | LITTLE LIES | Land | ISLET |
BING DAY | ANDY GIBB | TIME IS TIME | Stuff | ITEMS |
RICK SHEBA | SHRIEKBACK | NEMESIS | Bearings | MIENS |
UNWIELDY HATS | HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS | IF THIS IS IT | Change | SHIFT |
2 U | U2 | DESIRE | Had | SIRED |
DJ NOSH | DON JOHNSON | HEARTBEAT | Air | BREATH |
NYMPH CART | TRACY CHAPMAN | FAST CAR | Makes | CRAFTS |
STEMHAND | ADAM AND THE ANTS | DOG EAT DOG | Senility | DOTAGE |
PIONS | POISON | FALLEN ANGEL | Rim | FLANGE |
SIGNE | GENESIS | ILLEGAL ALIEN | Kind | GENIAL |
UNVOCABLE | CLUB NOUVEAU | LEAN ON ME | Mailman | MALONE |
J. KANG CREW | JACK WAGNER | ALL I NEED | Spiked | NAILED |
OKIE CARS | RIC OCASEK | EMOTION IN MOTION | Prompt | ONTIME |
HEMP C.O.D. | DEPECHE MODE | PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE | Release | PAROLE |
FRESH LIT | THE FLIRTS | PASSION | Instruments | PIANOS |
HOWLSPIN | WILSON PHILLIPS | RELEASE ME | Places | REALMS |
0 B 4 U | UB40 | RED RED WINE | Spool | REWIND |
X-THIEF | THE FIXX | RED SKIES | Bet | RISKED |
CLIMATE | METALLICA | NO REMORSE | Speech | SERMON |
RICH POETS | CHRISTOPHER CROSS | SAILING | Beacon | SIGNAL |
NO JACKETS | JANET JACKSON | ESCAPADE | Forgot | SPACED |
SHRINKABLE CUD TOY | IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS | WHAT A WASTE | Wrap | SWATHE |
MRS. Y BAND | BRYAN ADAMS | THIS TIME | Belief | THEISM |
BIG FUN CARPETS | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FEATURING STING | THE RIVER | Bloom | THRIVE |
MR. PATCHES | THE CRAMPS | GARBAGEMAN | Director | BERGMAN |
OHMLETS | THE MOTELS | TOTAL CONTROL | Fisk | CARLTON |
CHIPMUNKS GALORE | MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP | ARMED & READY | Haulers | DRAYMEN |
SHINEFOB | FISHBONE | FREDDIE'S DEAD | Moonscape | FARSIDE |
YEAH BIRD | DEBBIE HARRY | FREE TO FALL | Balloon | FLOATER |
U.S. MOBILE | BELOUIS SOME | IMAGINATION | Line | MAGINOT |
ANDRU | DURAN DURAN | NOTORIOUS | Gas | NITROUS |
B.A. | ABBA | SUPER TROUPER | Bearing | POSTURE |
SNEAKY D | NAKED EYES | PROMISES PROMISES | Athlete | SEMIPRO |
FRYBEAN | BRYAN FERRY | SLAVE TO LOVE | Compound | SOLVATE |
WAVEBOUND IQ | QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE | UNDER PRESSURE | Dissed | SPURNED |
TEMPURAS | SUPERTRAMP | IT'S RAINING AGAIN | Voyeurism | STARING |
HOT DREAM | MOTORHEAD | EAT THE RICH | Panacea | THERIAC |
MYSTIC KAROL | KIRSTY MACCOLL | A NEW ENGLAND | Extricated | WANGLED |
BLUECAPS | ESCAPE CLUB | WILD WILD WEST | Nuttiest | WILDEST |
C-LOAF | FALCO | VIENNA CALLING | Cutting | CLEAVING |
MINK EULOGY | KYLIE MINOGUE | IT'S NO SECRET | Tritest | CORNIEST |
PURE MYTH | PETER MURPHY | ALL NIGHT LONG | Hatred | LOATHING |
IN THE CARDS | CHRISTIAN DEATH | ROMEO'S DISTRESS | Joined | MORTISED |
DETHMAN | THE DAMNED | ALONE AGAIN OR | Local | REGIONAL |
JOHN MILCAKES | MICHAEL JACKSON | LIBERIAN GIRL | Clangy | RINGABLE |
THE GRAIN | NIGHT RANGER | SISTER CHRISTIAN | Chapels | CHANTRIES |
TIGER WALSH | THE WEATHER GIRLS | IT'S RAINING MEN | Expatriates | EMIGRANTS |
TOBY SHEP | PET SHOP BOYS | OPPORTUNITIES | Blasts | ERUPTIONS |
SLADE KNIGHT | TALKING HEADS | ROAD TO NOWHERE | Penned | HANDWROTE |
ADSE | SADE | SMOOTH OPERATOR | Symbols | METAPHORS |
L-PHONICS | PHIL COLLINS | ONE MORE NIGHT | Protecting | MOTHERING |
K.T. CLUMPS BAND | PAULA ABDUL AND MC SKAT KAT | OPPOSITES ATTRACT | Histrionics | OPERATICS |
URSAE | ERASURE | A LITTLE RESPECT | Iotas | PARTICLES |
YOUTH SWINE | WHITNEY HOUSTON | SO EMOTIONAL | Chromatic | SEMITONAL |
VALOR TUX | ULTRAVOX | PASSING STRANGERS | Thinnings | TAPERINGS |
TRIPHONES | THE POINTER SISTERS | NEUTRON DANCE | Layer | UNDERCOAT |
MY CHIN ADJUSTER | THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN | NEVER UNDERSTAND | Sated | UNSTARVED |
CHLORINE | LIONEL RICHIE | RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT | Heights | WUTHERING |
E.C. RUTH | THE CURE | FASCINATION STREET | Canoodles | FORNICATES |
JET LADY HORNS | DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES | ADULT EDUCATION | Immunized | INOCULATED |
WB LIQUORMEN | MIQUEL BROWN | SO MANY MEN SO LITTLE TIME | Blackness | MELANOSITY |
NOMAD | MADONNA | PAPA DON'T PREACH | Fifth | PENTACHORD |
W.Z. VERONA | WARREN ZEVON | SPLENDID ISOLATION | Bodies | PLANETOIDS |
HITPACKER | CHEAP TRICK | DREAM POLICE | Spoke | PROCLAIMED |
CRUDE SHOW | CROWDED HOUSE | SOMETHING SO STRONG | Crushing | SMOTHERING |
OLD HERMITS | THE TIMELORDS | DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS | Meteorites | ACHONDRITES |
FRITZ'S WAXBOUND VEG | WE'VE GOT A FUZZBOX AND WE'RE GONNA USE IT | INTERNATIONAL RESCUE | Lesions | ULCERATIONS |