THEME: both words of a two-word phrase contain the letter combination LA
GOOD ONES: title: LA-LA LAND Joined in a film lab SPLICED
Wranglers, e.g. JEEPS
Web browser? SPIDER
Look the wrong way, maybe CHEAT
One swinging in a box BATTER [drawn on the ground, the baseball batter's box is a rectangle into which the batter must stand]
BTW: ALTE is German only
BLANK SLATE was a best-seller I sadly purchased, and while its premise was accurate, it was so badly written and filled with so many unsupported statements, I threw it down.
When exactly did MAVEN become part of English, and who but Jews are likely to use it? The Magus was not consulted!
Sailing component?
SILENT I [not really as the digraph ai has its own sound --- eliminating the I would change the sound to a short A.
RATING:
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun