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How many one-word solo musicians' names can you find in this 10x10 grid?
We're only counting individual "one word" performers. For example, LEMMY, CHAMILLIONAIRE, AALIYAH, or MORRISSEY. Incidentally, they're not in the puzzle.
Internal punctuation does not disqualify a name, but spacing does. If R. Kelly spelled his name R-KELLY, he would've been eligible. Someone like WILL.I.AM is valid. (But he's not on the grid either.) Names like *NSYNC, R.E.M. or SALT-N-PEPA would also count, if they weren't groups. Either SALT or PEPA would be eligible, though, as is any other notable one-named member of a group.
We hope you won't mind if we don't tell you any of the one-word names that ARE in the puzzle. That's your job.
You know the rules. Each artist's name is spelled by starting at the first letter and proceeding vertically, horizontally and/or diagonally, from square to adjacent square. You may return to a letter and reuse it. But you may not stand on a letter to use it twice before moving on.
For example, CHIC may be found by starting with the second C in the first vertical column, moving right to the H, up to the I, and then diagonally down to the original C. However, Chic was a group, not a solo person.
There are well over 50 names in the puzzle. Write down any individual performer that you think qualifies. If you find a valid name that we didn't spot, we'll be impressed and your score will reflect it.
Your team only needs to submit a list of one-word musicians. Good luck!