NY Times Crossword
April 11, 2018
Keiran King

The answer words to the eight clues below can be combined in a certain way to form three related words. The clues are in random order. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Vogue rival
2. Long-handled gardening tool
3. Kind of diagram
4. Bad review
5. Diminish
6. Collective noun for dogs and cigarettes
7. It must go on
8. There's a famous one in Philadelphia

HINTS:
A:The answer words are combined in groups of 2-3-3.
B: The answer words are:
     1. ELLE
     2. HOE
     3. VENN
     4. PAN
     5. BATE
     6. PACK
     7. SHOW
     8. BELL

Answers:

SHOW - PAN  (Chopin)
PACK - ELLE - BELL  (Pachelbel)
BATE - HOE - VENN  (Beethoven)