# Crossword Clue Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 25, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818 "2020-10-25T07:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 61
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1202 "2021-07-20T07:40:46Z")
1. Wrestling’s bad guy 2. Achilles’ soft spot 3. End of a baguette ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1203 "2021-07-20T09:09:34Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Several good ones (but no mention of the Pips). True, but Gladys still got tagged (twice): > [@Rebo](#): > > - The Empress of Soul > - She took the Midnight Train to Georgia > [@SunUp](#): > > Let’s go with **HEEL**. 1. Spot’s spot? 2. Darn it, knitters! 3. The role of an irascible wrestler ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1204 "2021-07-20T09:22:37Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > True, but Gladys still got tagged (twice): As long as we’re on the topic (and let’s keep the game continuing) can somebody explain: I’m familiar with “Midnight Train to Georgia,” by Gladys Knight and the Pips, but in the piano books I played from as a kid, it was subtitled as “Midnight Plane to Houston.” Was there such a song as “Midnight Plane to Houston,” and if so, why was it changed? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1205 "2021-07-20T09:27:32Z")
“Midnight Plane to Houston” was the original version. Wiki say: > [@](#): > > The song was originally written and performed by Jim Weatherly under the title “Midnight Plane to Houston,” which he recorded on Jimmy Bowen. “It was based on a conversation I had with somebody… about taking a midnight plane to Houston,” Weatherly recalls. “I wrote it as a kind of a country song. Then we sent the song to a guy named Sonny Limbo in Atlanta and he wanted to cut it with Cissy Houston… he asked if I minded if he changed the title to “Midnight Train to Georgia”. And I said, ‘I don’t mind. Just don’t change the rest of the song.’” Cissy Houston recorded it as “Midnight Train to Georgia”; Knight recorded the same version shortly thereafter with greater success. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1206 "2021-07-20T09:32:41Z")
Great, thanks, @Gyrate. I always wondered about that song, given its subtitle. Much appreciated, and again, thank you! I need to play more piano. I kind of miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1207 "2021-07-20T11:37:38Z")
1. Under the head during love 2. Command for dog to follow 3. Part of Achilles that missed his bath ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1208 "2021-07-20T11:38:39Z")
1. Loaf leftover? 2. Kitten or stiletto 3. Greek’s weakness? 4. Grocery cart spot of mishap 5. What your head goes over when falling in love ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1209 "2021-07-20T15:19:09Z")
1. Toothache spot for Old Dan Tucker 2. Unfeeling person, in old slang 3. A flat doesn’t have one ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1210 "2021-07-21T16:01:09Z")
Y’know, I’ve always wondered why it’s “head over heels” in love. Isn’t that they way things are normally supposed to be? Is this a saying that has some deeper meaning I’m not aware of? At any rate, we’ll take: > [@Gyrate](#): > > Spot’s spot? as today’s winner. Go for it, **Gyrate**! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1211 "2021-07-21T16:07:50Z")
Okay then. Um… Have we done **BOARD** yet? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1212 "2021-07-21T16:43:07Z")
1. Gathering of directors 2. Word with surf or circuit 3. Monopoly milieu ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1213 "2021-07-21T17:12:26Z")
1. Place for serving or enlisting in draft 2. Boogie surface 3. Course stiffness metric ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1214 "2021-07-21T18:53:12Z")
1. Chairman’s place 2. Type of foot 3. Diving apparatus 4. Iron on? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1215 "2021-07-22T07:12:13Z")
1. Surf or skate equipment 2. Enter by gangplank, or the gangplank 3. Examining group ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1216 "2021-07-22T07:18:59Z")
1. Get on the plane 2. Directors’ group 3. Conductor’s call ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1218 "2021-07-22T12:10:34Z")
1. 2 x 4 2. Entrain 3. Put up ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1219 "2021-07-22T12:35:25Z")
Hmm…strongly tempted by “Boogie surface” but I’ll go with this double clue instead: > [@SunUp](#): > > Enter by gangplank, or the gangplank And back to you, **SunUp**. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1220 "2021-07-22T17:56:25Z")
Thanks, **Gyrate**! And, as a reminder, the words we’ve done before are in [Word List for the Crossword Clue Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-list-for-the-crossword-clue-game/927079/) So let’s try **RULES**. This will probably be my last for a while as I’ll be on vacation next week. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1221 "2021-07-22T18:14:27Z")
1. We don’t need no stinking ones 2. They may be broken 3. Uses an iron fist 4. Before and after are 5. No running!, is one example ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1222 "2021-07-23T20:48:15Z")
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