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Answer: PAISLEY

by Brian Chen

Each song is by a singer/artist who shares a name with a song. For example, “Woman in Love” is by Barbra Streisand, and “Barbra Streisand” is by Duck Sauce. Buddy Holly, Barbra Streisand, and maybe Alex Chilton may be break-ins to this step.

  • Ain't That Peculiar / Marvin Gaye / Charlie Puth
  • Like Flies on Sherbert / Alex Chilton / The Replacements
  • Live Like You Were Dying / Tim McGraw / Taylor Swift
  • Love and Mercy / Brian Wilson / Barenaked Ladies
  • Peggy Sue / Buddy Holly / Weezer
  • When I Sing About You / Clint Eastwood / Gorillaz
  • Woman in Love / Barbra Streisand / Duck Sauce

The second song's singer/artist fits into one of the lines of blanks.

CHARLIE [P]UTH
B[A]RENAKED LADIES
GOR[I]LLAZ
DUCK [S]AUCE
THE REP[L]ACEMENTS
W[E]EZER
TA[Y]LOR SWIFT

Read the boxed blanks to get the answer, PAISLEY.

Author’s Notes

This puzzle was inspired by discovering the song ‘Marvin Gaye’ during research for another puzzle. The Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_named_after_people was extremely helpful.