THEME: none
GOOD ONES: Some Buffalo wings SABRES [Buffalo SABRES, not chicken (which they aren't); note Capital B]
Subway device OVEN [Subway restaurants]
Start to cure? PEDI [could be SCAB but for the question mark]
Home to Paris TROY [the epic character, not the city]
Tall story? LOFT
Hood defense ARROW [Robin Hood, not Bruno Tataglia as per MARIO PUZZO at 53A]
Crossing party, briefly PED [Ped Xing]
BTW: Assigning responsibility by committee BLAME STORMING [new one on me; it's excellent]
Like the Southeast… RAINIEST [I live in NC and I know Washington is far wetter]
They aren't behind you FOES [I'd say that's true half the times --- they tend to talk behind your back]
Odometer stat. MPG [they just give the miles traveled; to get MPG a calculator of some sort is needed in addition]
That
bodega is
feminine is of no importance in English.
This was tough and I enjoyed the challenge.
RATING:
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun