My time: 6:46, three solid minutes faster than average.
Theme: well-known phrases clued with fonts to make the meaning literal, with a verb and object.
"Having a meal" is STRESS EATING.
"M i l i t a r y t r a i n e e s" is SPACE CADETS.
"Downward dog" is STRIKE A POSE.
"Will you marry me?" is BOLD PROPOSAL.
I didn't know BASS was a show company. It's G.H. BASS actually.
ROLO! YOLO! *NOLO! Whoops, I mean NOLA. Those other two threw me off.
More evidence of the Great Black Erasure. I never heard of OPAL Tometi, the activist who co-founded Black Lives Matter. I have heard of the march on SELMA, of course.
Florida State athletes! The Seminoles! That guy's a proud NOLE!
I did not know that a main ingredient of succotash is LIMA BEAN. Sufferin' succotash!
Martini & ROSSI came up in November, 2018.
Was this a fun, well-done puzzle? I'D SAY SO.
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