Crossword Clue: Music video pioneer channel
Here's the answer to the Music video pioneer channel crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: MTV
The answer to "Music video pioneer channel" is MTV. Mtv runs 3 letters — 0 vowels and 3 consonants — opening with M and closing on V. In a grid it fills a 3-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
MTV (Music Television) launched in 1981, revolutionizing the music industry with 24-hour music videos. Its first video was 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles.
Common usage
You'll see MTV in grids regularly — its 3-letter, 0 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the M or V, MTV tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like MTV are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet MTV again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and MTV will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue MTV — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing MTV into the grid took no time at all."
- "Mtv is the kind of answer that clicks the moment you spot one letter."
- "Seeing 'Music video pioneer channel' in the clue list, an experienced solver pencils in MTV almost immediately."