Crossword Clue Game

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1001
  1. Phelps specialty
  2. Baby’s modus operandi
  3. Bottom-of-screen news
1002

Panache got some good ones, so I got a little creative.

  1. Creatherworker’s crool?
  2. Expressway traffic condition
  3. “She’s a ‘Close Relative’? Aw, 'ell!”
1003
  1. You must do this before you walk
  2. One pub after another
  3. Four on the floor?
1004
  1. What to do into The Gap
  2. Space shorter than basement
  3. Traverse from one pub to another
1005

After some deliberation, I’m going with this:

Take it away, FastDan1!

1006

Thanks SunUp.

Let’s go with TRIP

1007
  1. Puzzle designer Payne
  2. The _____, 2010 film featuring Steve Coogan
  3. Light Fantastic verb
1008
  1. It’s taken down memory lane
  2. LSD might lead to a bad one
  3. Trump is often on an ego one
  4. Leads to Stumble and Fall
1009
  1. Can be road or acid
  2. Lead in to -let or -lane
  3. Cruise or ride
1010
  1. Three urinations?
  2. Something taken
  3. Long, strange one
1011
  1. intense visionary experience
  2. With ‘trap’, what the Billy Goats Gruff did over the bridge
  3. ego or power
  4. type of ticket for there and back, with ‘round’
1012

It took me a minute to figure out Three urinations? :man_facepalming:

But we will go with:

@Spoons, you’re it.

1013

Thanks, FastDan1. That one was a challenge. This time, let’s try …

FRAME.

1014
  1. Spin
  2. Set up
  3. Step with studs
1015
  1. Mona Lisa or Guernica has one
  2. Comic strip square
  3. Baseball inning
  4. Snooker rack
  5. “An Angel at My Table” author
1016
  1. The 10th one could have 3 X’s
  2. Outline; plan
  3. Entrap
1017

This one is either obvious at first, or not obvious until you get a few cross letters.

Nicely done, @Rebo! And it’s your turn.

1018

Just a quick note – I didn’t think Guernica had a frame, and so far as I can tell, it doesn’t.

1019

Thanks!

Let’s go with ROLL.

1020
  1. California or Philadelphia, for example
  2. Player piano player?
  3. Drum rudiment
  4. Start of an Alabama cheer