A relaxing stroll in the park after the 3-day marathon! I’m tripped up a bit by D1 and D3, but I’m sure if I sit down and rest for a moment, with the last of the coffee, I’ll be up an running again. Okay, I’m out of metaphors, back to solving.

Thanks, jasdip! Oh, and the bonus? I liked roxsol’s answer. I think I’ll have a cocktail later.

Got 'em all - whew!!

And I'm sticking with elbow for the bonus.

I have them all and I’m going with elbow, elbowed or elbowing for the bonus.

I still like hell-bent, though.

Thanks, Jasdip 🤠

C2 is making me stop and think but got the rest, except, of course, for the bonus. I don't have a cat to talk it out with.

Have them all and a new bonus answer…if it begins with ”L”.

tj

blfenton, right now I don’t have a cat to talk it out with, either. It’s thundering out, so he’s cowering er staying safe in the basement.

C2 has me stymied. The one thing that comes automatically to mind for it doesn't make any sense. And D1 is a maybe. I have answers for all the rest, except the bonus, but I'm sticking with Roxsol's 'elbow' for that.

Rusty

Actually, I think we had C2 before.

I think I’ll have a cocktail later.

Bpath, now I’m starting to think the bonus could be ’tipple’.

eta or ’little’

We have had C2 twice before.

C3 is eluding me.

I have nothing for the bonus but that is not new.

@patriciae_gw - it is my supreme wish that you get C3 soon!

@User - guess my word 🤣 - how did I not get that sooner!!

roxsol-guess my word 🤣-how did I not get that sooner!,

Ooh, letters! I’m kicking myself over that one!

DH thinks he has D1, but I’m not sure. We did argue over D3 until I came up with the true answer. He’s almost as good as discussing with the cat.

Bpath, I hope he gets warmer with his guesses for D1.

I still don't have C2 or the bonus. I think I remember having that symbol in a puzzle before, but I don't remember what the letters with it might have been. That's what is puzzling me.

Rusty

In Chicago, if trains can’t get you somewhere, can ells?

tj

Thank you Lettersatoz!

Close encounters of the third kind

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Eggs over easy

Diamond in the rough

Can't see the forest for the trees

Deep in thought

High hurdles

Root canal

Stop in the name of love

Forty below zero

Light at the end of the tunnel

Be on time

And...........Elbows! But I'll certainly take Elbow (singular)

Got (remembered?) them all! And agreed with the elbow guess so I got that, too. Ok, ready for a challenge on Sunday! 🙂

Thanks, Jasdip.

🥶🐶🐕‍🦺🐕🦮for everyone!

Now that I see the answer for C2, I remember having it before. I'm beginning to wonder about me.

I did get all the rest, and the bonus by proxy (agreeing with 'elbow')

Rusty

Well, for D1, DH had "over 40" but I said that wasn't quite right.

Thanks, jasdip!

For the bonus I was thinking Laxidaisical, I got the rest.

tj

I was thinking the bonus could be tipple since the L looked like it was tipping over. Tip L

Or little as the L looked drunk and could have been lit. Lit L

I didn't get the bonus as usual but I do like "tipple", that's cute. I should have remembered root canal but it's not something that intuitively makes sense.

Every time we get a root canal I wonder what? I sort of get it but...I know the answer of course.

I just about never get the bonus and while perfectly happy to support elbow with means technically I got it, I didn't.