Answer: SKA
SKA is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 182 times.
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
 - Music boomlet of the mid-'90s
 - Jamaican export
 - ___ punk: No Doubt genre
 - Musical cousin of calypso
 - Music of Jamaica
 - Genre of the band Less Than Jake
 - 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
 - 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
 - Music genre for Millie Small
 - Genre for Caz Gardiner
 - Precursor to rocksteady
 - JER genre
 - 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
 - It's said to have been born on Orange Street, in Kingston, Jamaica
 - Genre for The Wailers
 - ___-core (punk offshoot)
 - Genre with walking bass lines
 - Musical style from Jamaica
 - Genre from Jamaica
 - Genre with Jamaican roots
 - ___ punk (fusion genre with Jamaican rhythms)
 - Precursor to rocksteady and reggae
 - Reggae-like genre
 - Genre related to reggae
 - Reel Big Fish genre
 - Music genre of Toots and the Maytals
 - Genre of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
 - Toots and the Maytals genre
 - Genre related to calypso
 - The Specials genre
 - Music genre originating in Jamaica
 - 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
 - Its influences include the Cuban mambo and Jamaican mento
 - Caribbean musical genre
 - Jamaician music genre
 - Music genre that emphasizes the offbeat
 - The Fuss genre
 - Genre influenced by calypso
 - Less Than Jake genre
 - Genre influenced by Jamaica's independence
 - ___ punk (No Doubt genre)
 - Music genre often played at a brisk 4/4 time
 - Export from Jamaica
 - Sublime genre
 - Mighty Mighty Bosstones music genre
 - Genre related to rocksteady
 - Reggae-adjacent genre
 - Rocksteady precursor
 
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