Can’t figure it out for the life of me. Here are the six long entries:
Thought favorably of: WAS HIGH ON
“Heroic Stanzas,” for one: DRYDEN WORK
Putting the squeeze on: PRESSURING
Gimcracks: FOLDERALS
Penny pinchers: TIGHTWADS
Awe-inspiring: WONDERFUL
Bueller? Anyone?
One possibility:
The first four words are WASHighon DRYdenwork PRESSuring FOLDerals. Laundry day? The last two don’t seem to fit this pattern, but that’s my only idea so far.
Okay, that’s it. The first four were across, the last two are down and just happened to be nine letters long; weren’t part of the theme. Thanks!