What the start of 17-, 29-, 45- or 61-Across is, in a bookstore Crossword Clue

• Punk or funk

  New York Times · Wednesday, September 17, 2025 · 5 letters

• Mixing thematic elements and tropes … or a feature of this puzzle?

  New York Times · Thursday, April 24, 2025 · 5 letters

• Style

  New York Times · Friday, November 15, 2024 · 5 letters

• Sci-fi or romance

  New York Times · Monday, December 18, 2023 · 5 letters

• Mystery, e.g.

  New York Times · Saturday, October 21, 2023 · 5 letters

• Horror or humor

  New York Times · Sunday, August 13, 2023 · 5 letters

• Sci-fi or horror

  New York Times · Tuesday, January 24, 2023 · 5 letters

• Soul, for one

  New York Times · Saturday, December 17, 2022 · 5 letters

• Class

  New York Times · Sunday, April 10, 2022 · 5 letters

• Sorting category in a music app

  New York Times · Thursday, April 1, 2021 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 57-Across "The very idea!"
• 58-Down Colorado skiing mecca
• 59-Down Objects in an Easter hunt
• 60-Down Surrealist Magritte
• 61-Across Spanish or French, but not German
• 62-Down Scottish negative
• 63-Down Member of a D.C. "Squad"
• 64-Across "Tosca" or "Turandot"
• 65-Across Opening for a coin
• 66-Across Speak to a deaf person, in a way
• 68-Across Tickle Me Elmo maker, once
• 69-Across Otherwise