The League of Lonely Lanes

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Across
  1. 5. We talk to these with a complex syntax
  2. 8. The generation aging in houses of brick
  3. 12. Trending meal involving eating cheese in a lair
  4. 14. Where Boomers trade bridge club for debates
  5. 17. Bikes used to spin in the den to avoid smelling sweat
  6. 19. Why go to a bar and risk this awkward feeling?
  7. 20. They speak to news anchors' eyes for a like
  8. 23. Tracking app used by Kaylee's mom
  9. 24. What we scan ourselves in the checkout lane
  10. 25. The grind that Millennials are tired of
  11. 26. Xer's isolationist habit of sorting this by weight
  12. 27. App Gen Z doomscrolls to see who will win
  13. 30. Lanes used to avoid saying hello at the store
  14. 32. How we are bowling according to the famous book title
  15. 33. Tool used by Millennials to work from their kitchens
  16. 34. Type of local dubs mentioned in Part I
  17. 35. Scholar who wrote about the decline of American community
  18. 36. Generation X grew up this way, alone in the dark
  19. 40. Service used to deliver burgers and fries without eye contact
  20. 41. The group squeezed by the old and the young
  21. 43. Hall that is now shuttered and closed
  22. 45. The device Rob didn't foresee we'd be holding
  23. 46. What Millennials wear while working on Zoom
  24. 48. Chad's girlfriend lives in the cloud and is made of this
Down
  1. 1. What you should ask a real friend to grab via text
  2. 2. It knows how to set up the mood better than a human
  3. 3. Cultural trend of spending days in a mattress contour
  4. 4. The type of lonely malaise we have optimized
  5. 6. Kaylee's social anxiety is bursting this organ
  6. 7. The burnout brigade with sore backs
  7. 9. I know what a stranger is eating here, but not my neighbor
  8. 10. The first name of the scholar who stifled a sob in 2000
  9. 11. Flannel style worn by detached Gen Xers
  10. 13. Stream channel surfed by the sandwich group
  11. 15. The joy of missing out
  12. 16. The frictionless feeling of modern life
  13. 18. One of the clubs mentioned alongside the Elks
  14. 19. Camera that catches you if you try to leave
  15. 21. Used as skin while rotting in bed
  16. 22. The shoes are rented and ugly, and you might buy a beer for this
  17. 24. Style of dress used to eat noodles alone
  18. 28. What you might turn into if you don't find a human
  19. 29. The first name of the author, Mindell
  20. 31. Bowling alone might be fine for just one of these
  21. 37. Noise-canceling gear used to block out the rain
  22. 38. What offices turn into when they are in bedrooms
  23. 39. These act as walls for the bed rotters
  24. 42. Typing LOL while in a silent ____
  25. 44. Where the bowling balls go when they aren't true
  26. 47. The age of Kaylee, who stays inside