publication date: Thursday, January 10, 2019 (part of Winter 2019)

category: Music

clue: This Midwestern singer was catapulted to fame, and the stage of Saturday Night Live, when her eerie song for a David Lynch production became an unlikely hit.

explanation: Cruise performed "Falling," the theme song to Twin Peaks. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

Cruise Control: You need a vacation. I need a vacation. We should go on a cruise. A cruise would be nice right now, wouldn't it? Cruise, cruise, cruise.

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