I fear I have to disagree with [18]; I found this to be a rare miss from Philana. So many of these phrases are far from unique, and in some cases aren't even all that phrasish, where other things would be better ("your life"; "improvement"; "the hills"...).
Excellent puzzle! [20]'s criticism is well taken, but I dont think the clues are meant to be deterministic. Part of the fun for me was finding a word that fit the length and crossings.
I didn't try, but I didn't come up with any alternatives that fit the blanks and the crossings.
need help on #11. Everything I can think of is too many letters.
edit: never mind, got it.
They all clicked tonight...7th, 13th, and 13th
6 and 7? 7 in particular seems really wide open. Is there an obvious one I'm just not thinking of?
[3] just type "e for" into google and take a quick scan and you will get it
[4] - Uh, wow, I always heard that expression with another letter. Thanks.
I think I have all except 11 and 13. I guess you either get these quickly or you suffer for a while.
need help on #11 - Nice puzzle.
hung-up on #11 too.
[7] [8] TG's sent
Wow, this was Fun! Lots of possibilities! I'm actually surprised I got as many as I did as fast as I did.
My "Playing for time" messed me up (I should have just done the ironing instead of logging on tonight)
[6] Must be... I'm stuck, too.
[10] - I went down that road too.
[9] - T/Y
I'm not getting 11 or 13 either.
[13] and I was afraid that my ironing comment in [10] was too salty
[14] *slaps self in head* Got it. Thank you.
[13] #13-iron.
#11-sweet-
Too vague, just a Googlefest! Not fun.
Lot's of fun and has great SOLVABILITY.
Wow, that was tough but FUN!!
I fear I have to disagree with [18]; I found this to be a rare miss from Philana. So many of these phrases are far from unique, and in some cases aren't even all that phrasish, where other things would be better ("your life"; "improvement"; "the hills"...).
[20] Why do you FEAR to disagree to me? This is the USA - you have the freedom to express your own opinion WITHOUT being afraid.
...uh, yeah, thanks. It's a figure of speech. Look it up.
[22] It's just that several people said the puzzle was fun, yet you singled out my comment...hmmm
What it really comes to is that your comment is GOOD for NOTHING....
Excellent Philana - From some of the comments above, it looks like some people forgot the meaning of the word puzzle. I love having to think!
Excellent puzzle! [20]'s criticism is well taken, but I dont think the clues are meant to be deterministic. Part of the fun for me was finding a word that fit the length and crossings.
I didn't try, but I didn't come up with any alternatives that fit the blanks and the crossings.