Across
- 4. Standard in golf or life’s expectations
- 8. Job requiring coordination of aisle traffic and ceremonial grin
- 9. Where questions meet beats
- 10. Sunday ritual with touchdowns, couches, and Coke
- 12. Signed jersey owner and Browns fan favorite
- 15. Digital living room where memes and mayhem coexist
- 16. Textual reaction to a dad’s comedic peak
- 17. Groom who infiltrates trivia ranks
- 19. Fantasy football identity
- 21. Informal fatherly title
- 22. December Venue
- 26. Golf beginning or metaphorical launchpad
- 29. City of heartbreak, loyalty, and iterative hope
- 30. Digital nod of approval from @BigKeith himself
- 34. Formal name for the family’s fluffiest member
- 35. Roman arena admired by architects and dads alike
- 37. Your Pub pours
- 38. Band behind a childhood dance anthem
- 40. Projects refused to outsource
- 41. Format making a comeback
- 42. Life-long partner on baseball diamonds and beyond
- 43. Song that triggered giggles
Down
- 1. Breed that defines the family dog lineup
- 2. Groaner that earns an eye roll
- 3. Fiery name that brought third-place glory
- 5. retriever of yesteryear
- 6. Syrupy concoction Mom calls diabetes
- 7. Physical manifestation of this gift
- 11. 5 letters, daily obsession, universal frustration
- 13. Surname soon to exist only in memory and grids
- 14. Fast-food rival of Wendy’s — or of “Daddy”?
- 18. Alma mater, init.
- 20. Obsession he keeps clipped with obsessional precision
- 23. Golf accolade or crossword triumph
- 24. Central figure, unsolved mystery and solved devotion
- 25. Wednesdays; Now Thursdays
- 27. Daily grid not missed
- 28. Fictional venture with boats, hoes, and laughs
- 31. Time chunk or decade-defining rock period
- 32. Frozen nightly snack with milk on standby
- 33. Daughter of blue-heart group name
- 36. Table-order description, not just a nickname
- 39. Like a long guitar solo