Never mind. My sister got it. The answer are "Takes a (neutral) stance" and "Odor (neutral) izer." Neutral being a shift position in a car which relates to the title, "Shifty Business." Whew!

"First sign of spring" (too obvious?) "Tiffany's blue egg" (As in robin's egg blue). On here, rob is short for Robin ;)

Pammyfay: Congrats on choosing the Nexus - I'm so very happy with mine and am pleased for others that chose it. When doing a Shortyz crossword, you have the option of having the app show or not show when you have entered a wrong word/letter. To receive a warning on a wrong letter input, have a crossword puzzle on your screen, Tap on the 3 stacked dots in the upper right of the screen. The first option on the menu that opens is "Show Errors". Tap that and whenever you input an incorrect letter, it will show up in red. To turn off the option, tap the 3 stacked dots and the first option on the menu will be "Hide Errors". The reason you're not getting a message indicating your success at completing a puzzle is because you have an incorrect answer(s) somewhere. In this instance, you can also use the "Show Errors" option AFTER you've completed a puzzle. The incorrect letter(s) will be in red. When you correct the final red letter, the "success" message will appear."

I used to have an eiderdown comforter and I have a horsehair blanket I took home when my MIL passed away. If anyone thinks wool is itchy........then they definitely should sleep under horsehair. Quilts were batted with anything handy and the usual would have been wool, in this area anyway. In the south it would have been cotton or tobacco cloth, kapok is another or milkweed and rags of any kind. I have a wonderful collection of ladies' magazines dating from the late 1800s and if you want unusual, you should see what mattresses were stuffed with. Moss and seaweed is on the list.