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These are all short words full of the most common letters, so will make designing crosswords easier because they'll be useful "crossers".
But why references to musicians?
These specific musicians are referenced a lot by crosswords. NYT loves them, at least. Very “hip and with it”.
It’s kinda an inside joke, but that’s XKCD for ya.
Thanks, that’s what I needed