FEATURE: Dec/Jan 2010 Crossword Answers

Get your hands on the new Dec/Jan 2011 issue of Rip It Up and inside you will find a crossword. If you're struggling to think of the answers or if you want to check your work then here are all the questions and answers.

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The rest of this page reveals the solutions to the crossword puzzle in the December 2010 / January 2011 issue of Rip It Up magazine.

Across

2. Beck, the Beatles, the Prodigy and Destiny’s Child all have a song with this name (4) GIRL

4. First name of Axis: Bold As Love artist (4) JIMI

5. 90s rap supergroup that included Nas and Foxy Brown (3,4) THE FIRM

6. Punk icon John Simon Ritchie's adopted surname (7) VICIOUS

12. Frontman to the 1980s rock band that features part of his name (3,4) AXL ROSE

13. Indie band that sing ‘New Slang’ (3,5) THE SHINS

15. Dubstep artist from the UK, and a skin grab (5) PINCH

17. The surname of the artist who had a Rebel Yell (4) IDOL

20. 2011 Eminem and Lil Wayne collaboration (2,4) NO LOVE

23. First word of electronic music group that rarely shows members’ faces (4) DAFT

26. American rapper arrested in 2007 for firearms possession, broke parole conditions again in 2010 (2) TI

28. 30 year old band most famous for 1992 album Automatic For The People (3) REM

29. First single released from the Killers’ album Day And Age (5) HUMAN

30. A Lady Gaga fan (6,7) LITTLE MONSTER

Down

1. Number of Kanye West albums (4) FIVE

2. Latest album by Australian band Operator Please (6) GLOVES

3. Surname of singer/songwriter who recently had the number one album and single on the New Zealand charts (6) FRASER

7. Title of Radiohead's 1993 debut album (5,5) PABLO HONEY

8. Atlanta flower punk band whose guitarist Ben Eberbaugh was killed in a 2002 car accident (5,4) BLACK LIPS

9. Sean Kingston album that features ‘Fire Burning’ (8) TOMORROW

10. The worldwide top-selling album of all time (8) THRILLER

11. New Zealand band featured on Rip It Up’s August/September 2010 cover (6) SHIHAD

14. 2009 film detailing the life of Biggie Smalls (9) NOTORIOUS

16. David Bowie, Mumford & Sons and Iron Maiden are all from this city (6) LONDON

18. Surname of 'She' in American folk band She & Him (9) DESCHANEL

19. Surname of French dance music producer who's recently worked with artists like Kelly Rowland, Akon and Flo Rida (6) GUETTA

21. Lars Ulrich is this in Metallica (7) DRUMMER

22. Properly describes the Chili Peppers (3,3) RED HOT

24. Surname of Idol affiliated artist who released debut pop album Forever Your Girl in 1988 (5) ABDUL

25. Katy Perry hit record, ‘Teenage ______’ (6) DREAM

27. Big Day Out headliner (4) TOOL