Clues for the word "SKA"
We've had 221 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 523 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 24, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Cousin of calypso
- Reggae variation
- Popular music variety
- Reggae relative
- Music with jazzlike riffs
- Music with a blend of folk and calypso
- Caribbean music
- Calypso offshoot
- Relative of calypso
- Cousin of reggae
- Relative of reggae
- Jamaican pop
- Music store section
- Game in which jacks are highest trumps
- Jamaican music
- Influence on 1980's pop
- Jamaica-based music
- Calypso kin
- Music for Mods and Skinheads
- Calypso relative
- Calypso cousin
- Pop of Jamaica
- Some Jamaican music
- Forerunner of rocksteady
- Music pioneered by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
- Kingston pop
- Some Caribbean music
- Precursor of reggae
- Reggae's precursor
- Jamaican pop music
- Reggae's roots
- Jamaican music genre
- Jamaican music that gave rise to reggae
- Music related to reggae
- Caribbean calypso cousin
- Jamaican style of music
- Predecessor of rock steady
- Music genre of the English Beat and the Specials
- Calypso's cousin
- Caribbean music genre
- Kingston sound
- Rock steady precursor
- ___ punk (Mighty Mighty Bosstones genre)
- Reggae precursor
- Bob Marley genre
- Jamaican jazz-influenced genre
- Bouncy Jamaican music
- Relative of reggae and mento, musically
- Jamaican genre
- Music genre from Jamaica
- Modern music genre
- Studio One genre
- ___ punk (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' genre)
- "Stupid Marriage" genre
- Island genre
- Precursor of rocksteady
- Reggae's forerunner
- Music genre with a "third wave"
- Music genre of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Kin of calypso
- Reggae-like music
- Reggae predecessor
- Reggae forerunner
- Reggae's relative
- Horn-heavy music genre
- Music for "Rude Boys"
- Rocksteady relative
- Jamaican beat
- Music genre that led to reggae
- Music from Jamaica
- Early musical style of Bob Marley
- Reggae's kin
- Calypso derivative
- Source of influence for some punks
- Jamaican pop genre
- Genre vaguely alluded to by No Doubt
- Jazz-based Jamaican genre
- Precursor to rocksteady music
- Reggae kin
- 2 Tone influence
- Music genre that influenced No Doubt
- Musical kin of reggae
- Island R&B derivative
- Jamaican dance music
- Calypso-influenced music
- The English Beat's genre
- Reggae cousin
- Music from a Kingston trio
- 2 Tone revival music genre
- ___ punk (hybrid music genre)
- Genre for the band Sublime
- Precursor to reggae
- The Rocksteady 7 genre
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones genre
- Genre for Reel Big Fish
- Some music of the Wailers
- Genre influenced by Fats Domino
- Prince Buster music genre
- Jamaican folk music
- Reggae grew from it
- Prince Buster's genre
- Calypso-influenced genre
- Forerunner of reggae
- Madness's genre
- Toots & the Maytals genre
- Less Than Jake genre
- Voodoo Glow Skulls genre
- Madness's musical genre
- Musical genre from Jamaica
- Kind of Jamaican music
- Sounds of Kingston
- What Madness, No Doubt and Sublime infused
- Started in Jamaica in late '50s
- No Doubt genre
- Precursor to rocksteady
- Madness genre
- English Beat genre
- Sublime category
- Jon Brion song about reggae precursor?
- Genre that includes elements of calypso
- Pietasters' genre
- Reel Big Fish genre
- Jumpy Pietasters genre
- Sometimes blended with punk
- Notes from Jamaica in Das Kapital
- Mark's vocal music
- Music from Toots and the Maytals
- Offshoot of calypso
- Rocksteady's kin
- Music boomlet of the mid-'90s
- ___ punk (genre for Streetlight Manifesto)
- Music genre for Jimmy Cliff
- Music genre for Toots and the Maytals
- Desmond Dekker's genre
- Reggae-influenced genre
- Genre in which guitarists often play a "walking" bass line
- See 6
- Music quiz, first to last
- Jamaican export
- Music genre that's related to reggae
- Caribbean music style
- ___ punk: No Doubt genre
- Musical cousin of calypso
- Music of Jamaica
- Type of Jamaican music
- Genre that influenced two-tone music
- Genre of the band Less Than Jake
- Rocksteady precursor
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones music genre
- The Wailers' original genre
- Islands sound
- ___ punk (music hybrid)
- Reel Big Fish music genre
- Pop from the Caribbean
- Sound from Jamaica
- Genre for The Selecter
- Music genre of Jamaican origin
- Jamaican music style
- Kin of reggae
- Record genre
- Genre from Kingston
- Some Jamaican jams
- Genre for The Bodysnatchers
- Genre that came before rocksteady
- Music genre influenced by calypso
- Numbers essential to Nebraskans
- Genre pioneered in 1950s-'60s Jamaica
- Genre for the group Sublime
- Music genre related to reggae
- ___ punk (music genre)
- Genre for Hepcat
- Music genre found at the end of a U.S. state
- Genre related to rocksteady
- Genre for Caz Gardiner
- Music style from Jamaica
- Japanese ___ (music style)
- The Selecter genre
- ___ Against Racism Tour (1998 concert series organized by Mike Park)
- Genre for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Genre for Panteon Rococo
- We Are the Union genre
- Genre with walking bass lines
- Musical style from Jamaica
- Genre from Jamaica
- Genre with Jamaican roots
- It's said to have been born on Orange Street, in Kingston, Jamaica
- ___-core (punk offshoot)
- ___ punk (fusion genre with Jamaican rhythms)
- Precursor to rocksteady and reggae
- Reggae-like genre
- Music genre for Millie Small
- Genre related to reggae
- Music genre of Toots and the Maytals
- Genre of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Toots and the Maytals genre
- Jamaican musical genre
- Genre related to calypso
- The Specials genre
- Music genre originating in Jamaica
- Genre similar to calypso
- Rhythm-heavy genre
- Genre for the Maytals
- Music genre that influenced the Clash
- Horn-heavy genre
- ___ punk (genre for No Doubt)
- Upbeat precursor to reggae
- Genre for the 1990s band Sublime
- Streetlight Manifesto genre
- The Uptones genre
- Its influences include the Cuban mambo and Jamaican mento
- Caribbean musical genre
- The Fuss genre
- Genre influenced by calypso
- Genre influenced by Jamaica's independence
- Music genre often played at a brisk 4/4 time
- Export from Jamaica
- Sublime genre
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones music genre
- Reggae-adjacent genre
- Genre for Toots and the Maytals
- ___ punk: "Tragic Kingdom" genre
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 24, 2026
- LA Times - December 27, 2025
- New York Times - December 18, 2025
- New York Times - December 17, 2025
- New York Times - November 28, 2025
- LA Times - September 25, 2025
- New York Times - September 17, 2025
- LA Times - August 08, 2025
- LA Times - July 14, 2025
- New York Times - June 30, 2025
- LA Times - May 30, 2025
- Daily American - May 20, 2025
- LA Times - April 28, 2025
- New York Times - April 12, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 10, 2025
- USA Today - February 27, 2025
- LA Times - February 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 04, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 08, 2025
- USA Today - December 15, 2024
- New York Times - December 05, 2024
- New York Times - November 30, 2024
- LA Times - November 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 07, 2024
- New York Times - November 03, 2024
- USA Today - October 11, 2024
- New York Times - October 03, 2024
- LA Times - September 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 10, 2024
- Daily American - September 10, 2024
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