*1972 hit with the line "The day the music died" Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% AMERICANPIE *1972 hit with the line "The day the music died" (11)
6% SMASH Hit Broadway musical (5) USA Today Dec 28, 2025
6% STAY ____ Another Day, Christmas hit (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 23, 2025
6% GODSPELL "Day by Day" musical (8) LA Times Daily Dec 13, 2025
6% USEME 1972 Bill Withers hit (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025
5% IRAE Latin hymn "Dies ___" (4)
5% OHSNAP "That dis was goo-ood!!" (6) New York Times Jan 10, 2026
5% WEEKEND Little knowledge died in a couple of days (7) (7) The Sun Two Speed Jan 3, 2026
5% LAY __ it on the line (3) Commuter Jan 3, 2026
5% LAH "Well, ___-di-dah!" (3)
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