THEME: none, and 32 blocks which is over par
GOOD ONES: General transportation? JEEP
Service providers PASTORS
Where to find an expiration date? OBIT
Where business is always picking up? SINGLES-BAR
Tools for those on the way up ICE-AXES
Stage presentation? OBIE
End for Caesar EAN [I am okay with no question mark, but the LAT style seems to require it for affixes,
viz. 32-Across]
Beauty spot? PARLOR
Bench, once RED [Johnny Bench was a Red's catcher]
BTW:
Lift, as an anchor
HEAVE-UP [not a common expression on or off boats]
Hated the book, e.g. SPOONERISM [a reversal of the initial letters
in speech:
baited the
hook]
To the max AS-ALL-GET-OUT [a recent idiom defining a passe one --- when was the last time you heard
as all get out? ]
RATING:
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun