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@Harry, old french coin similar to a penny.

@Katie I thought the homophone might have to do with lede lead.

@Helen Wright Unum is latin for one. The motto on the one dollar bill is e pluribus unum, out of many one.

@lucky13 I hadn't put it together until today, but there is a Thai beer called Singha which has a lion logo. It all makes sense now!

@Rachel from Cornwall Hold me closer Tony Danza

@Michelle Botwinick I'm with you. Thought the exact same thing.

@TazTheGreat Same

@Amy, agreed. I was going to ask this. I like to do the archived Sunday crosswords, and they were definitely harder in the past.

@sotto voce Yes, I agree re rock ballads. It is quite stark contrast from the beauty of Patience to what comes next on the album.

@Steve L While your chronology is undoubtedly correct, for those who heard the song post 78 would be the ones that would have misheard it, no?

@V I got the rebus quickly because when I saw pop top my first thought was bottle cap, then the down clue made sense as well.

@Julia Record for me