The Golf Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. what you feel like when you show up to a meeting in pajama pants. (Not that you'd know.)
  2. 4. the metal, a household appliance, or a symbol of resolve ("iron will").
  3. 5. the sound your pride makes when it quietly leaves your body after an “air shot” on the first tee.
  4. 6. an untruth (something golfers prefer to avoid on the scorecard).
  5. 7. a portion of pie, pizza, or humble.
  6. 8. the color, or a term for environmental friendliness—or inexperience.
  7. 11. it’s a poetic way to mean “before” or used in nautical lingo (fore and aft).
  8. 12. just “meh.” Like that coffee that’s hot but tastes like someone whispered “hazelnut” over warm water.
  9. 13. slang for an unidentified aircraft or, less formally, a fearsome creature under the bed.
Down
  1. 1. it’s burning your toast, then pretending the second piece was the plan all along.
  2. 3. a fishing implement, a catchy music phrase, or a narrative device.
  3. 5. what you try to do rhythmically at a wedding until you realize the chicken dance is more your tempo.
  4. 7. trap what happens when your beach vacation meets a toddler armed with Cheetos and zero supervision.
  5. 9. a bird known for its majestic flight—and its judging stare if you swing and whiff in front of spectators.
  6. 10. a computer component, or a small fragment.
  7. 11. metaphorically, it’s that one aisle in the grocery store with no screaming toddlers and a clear line to the ice cream freezer.
  8. 13. what you might flip someone in traffic... especially if they don't yield at a roundabout.