I was less taken by the theme, expressions derived from
take, than the diversity of entries. I am impressed by the wide knowldege on which contructors call to develop their puzzles. Today's puzzle seems particulalrly wide-reaching.
This grid contains 127 entries, and discounting everyday words and expressions, I have noted the following 21 categories into which the rest of the entries belong. The number to the right is the number of references in each category or subject.
sports 7 [3 or 4 of these did not have to be sports entries]
slang 4
music 3
geology 4
geography 2
literature 3
foreign language 3
animals 3
movies 2
business 2
anatomy 1
mythology 1
art 1
history 1
orthograhpy 1
TV 1
physics 1
cooking 1
architecture 1
journalism 1
construction 1
