Category of popular music spanning the late 1970s and early 1980s (3,4) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NEWWAVE Category of popular music spanning the late 1970s and early 1980s (3,4) (7)
6% GENRE Music category (5) Eugene Sheffer Oct 8, 2025
5% WIDTH Span (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025
5% ANTONYM Not many working early to late, say (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 10, 2025
5% EUROLAND Early nickname for a bloc assembled in the late 1990s (8) The Atlantic Oct 5, 2025
5% FAME Note in 1980 dancing musical (4) (4) The Sun Two Speed Sep 6, 2025
5% ILK Category (3) Universal Aug 31, 2025
5% ONCUE Neither early nor late (5) LA Times Mini Aug 22, 2025
5% ILLTIMED Too early or too late (8) LA Times Daily Jul 28, 2025
5% PROGROCK Music style of the late 19605 and early 19703 (4,4) (8)
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