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20 answers for: A style of vocal music, named for the use of nonse...
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DOOWOPA style of vocal music, named for the use of nonsense phrases as backing (3,3)
RAGAMusic named for the Sanskrit for "color"
TEJANOStyle of music named for a U.S. state
SPOONERSound-swapping cleric associated with such phrases as "belly jeans" and "bunny phone", and who might have turned "light rain" into a "right lane" (7)
WORDSALADNonsense phrases
ARIOSOMelodic piece of vocal music
TARIFFVolunteers repeated musical phrase as a duty
SHRDLUEtaoin ___ (nonsense phrase that accidentally makes it into print)
TESTIMONYPitch of vocal music, it's as true as it can be (9)
TESSITURAPitch of vocal music, it's as true as it can be (9)
SIXSEVENNonsense phrase recently named Dictionary.com's 2025 Word of the Year; it's also the height of our septet of theme entries
EDELWEISSSong from The Sound Of Music named after a small alpine flowering plant (9)
LATHA narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
ROULADEA louder composition of vocal music (7)
MEASURINGCUPKitchen item used for portioning out ingredients: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The original clue imagines this phrase as a sports award based on an existing phrase containing the word "game.")
KENTUCKYBLUEGRASS
Genre of American roots music named after the band led by Bill Monroe (8,9)
SONGPiece of vocal music (4)
CANTATACanadian cheers piece of vocal music
TOILETBOWLBathroom fixture whose contents are flushed: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The original clue imagines this phrase as a sports venue based on an existing phrase containing the word "game.")
EMINHNTDescriptive word or phrase, as in "the Great" in Alexander the Great (7)