Cryptic-schmyptic

I may or may not have too much blogging time imminently, for reasons too numerous to go into. In case I don't, I'd thought I'd just leave something here that might last passing readers a while. And I'll be honest, I was also inspired by Rol's Saturday Snapshots series, with their cryptic clues.

So here's a crossword. All answers are bands or solo artists. If you've been reading this blog long enough you'll have an idea of my musical taste, so you'll have a head start there, I should imagine. Either way, you'll probably solve it all in a lot less time than it took me to compile. Some clues are cryptic, some are straightforward, and there may even be an anagram or two. Oh, and you might want to click the grid to view it a little larger than it displays below.

ACROSS		DOWN
1	Purveyors of dead air space (9)	2	Essential French duo (3)
4	Pentito (10)	3	New York childminders (5)
5	Covered 41A's feast day (7)	4	Velveteen trash (5)
7	...but neither Jane Fonda nor Donald Sutherland (1,2,5)	6	Bald, bony? (3,5)
9	Panacea, they dropped the 'easy' (3,4)	8	Suicidal Swedes (3,9)
11	A hand reached down to him (5,5)	9	Liverpudlians who always had one eye on the cover (3,3)
13	Over experienced (4,7)	10	Symbol's mother (5)
14	Oh Susanna! Plus three. (3,7)	12	Neither acoustic nor heavy but philharmonic (1,1,1)
16	The beginning of all bands (7)	14	A modest, dizzy bunch (3,6,5)
21	She stopped wearing cardigans (4,7)	15	Spanish archer (5)
23	Dancers of the leggy mambo (3)	17	Tight fit (but not Tight Fit) (7)
24	Bickle boys (6)	18	Kopavagur's finest (8,7)
25	Time for Sleep for these indie also-rans (6)	19	When Bob was sweet, not mouldy (5)
27	Insistent insect (4,3)	20	Sounds like they should be Alan's favourite band (1,2)
28	Allowed the country to quiver (1,1,6)	22	Shy poets bop (3,4,4)
30	Shoegazing was easy (4)	25	Ann Coates (9)
31	They bore a rose banner (4)	26	Quite good (3,12)
32	Rearrange Mancunians (3,5)	29	He plays guitar (6,4)
34	Locus of deoxyribonucleic acid (4)	32	They saw off the fear (5)
37	Sad aviation (4,10)	35	The decline of ... (7,3,5)
40	They reflected in the en-suite (3,4)	36	Alternate heroes' stetson (3,5,5)
41	Still suitable for miners (5,5)	38	No longer an attraction (5,8)
42	Gift chosen from a list (3,7,7)	39	Changing man (4,6)
45	Goes well with Streetband hit (3,3)	43	Not Middleton, not burning (4,4)
46	Gave 41A an extra verse (6,7)	44	Gaussian smudge (4)
48	After-hours training for the philharmonic (1,1,1)	47	Is Georgia the dream state? (3)
49	The Office Block Persecution Affinity (3,5)	51	(W)hole lot of water (5)
50	Gave Val Kilmer his finest hour (3,8)	53	Fallen in French farce (7)
52	Not as hard as stainless steel (4)	54	Diminutive Cornish or Devonians (6)
55	Their sophtware did not sell well (9)	56	Pre-Banksy stencillers, Essex anarcho-punks (5)
57	They always sounded so happy (1,1,1)	59	Gudmund's daughter, once sweet and die-shaped (5)
58	Multiple stationers (3,6)	60	Left the opera Scott-free (5)
61	Scouse anglers? (4)	63	Grunge Yoko and co (4)
62	Change for vending machine (6,4)	65	White Van men (4)
64	Kubrick's favourite band? (11)	70	Entwistle (2)
66	Handy for nurdling, if Gallic (5)
67	Not the high street soap pedlars (4)
68	Kept in a creel? (4)
69	Oh, duo screwed (7,5)
71	Not Screaming Lord Sutch's backing band (7)