publication date: Sunday, January 17, 2016 (part of Winter 2016)

category: Music

clue: After creating a space oddity, spiders from Mars, and a man who fell to Earth, this singer had in him one final space-themed album, ★.

explanation: Bowie's final album Blackstar, stylized as ★, was published a few days before his death, the same week that this goo was published. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, and Steve Dunn


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