they sound like prescriptions

Sometimes, the Universe gives me an inside joke to make me smile and know that I am loved.

Today, that came in the form of the Jonesin' Crossword from the April 28, 2021, issue of CONNECT Savannah.

Let me point out right now: I had picked up that issue, as well as several others in the bottom of the bin, when I'd visited the laundry before my trip to Ormond Beach.

That means I've had the issue, unread, since Groundhog Day.

Today, I grabbed it from the coffee table and opened it to the puzzle, and there was the title, teasing me:

"ASK YOUR DOCTOR" - THEY SOUND LIKE PRESCRIPTIONS.

Very funny, right?

So, quite naturally, I smiled back at the Universe and dove into the puzzle.

This one was very challenging, as it turned out, taking quite a while for me to solve the first of six special clues.

As good fortune would have it, that was the first of the clues, too, and was a big help in solving the others.

16-Across: "Feel the need to get in hot water? Ask your doctor if ___ is right for you."

'Get in hot water' proved to be the golden phrase that led me to JACUZZI - brilliant!

 

29-Across: "Lack of unusual influences getting you down? Ask your doctor if ___ ..."

'Unusual influences'? What better than ECCENTRICS for you!

62-Across: "Feel like the only way to be cured is by meat? Ask your doctor if ___ ..."

'Cured by meat' or 'meat that is cured'? Wouldn't that be BOLOGNA? Yes!!! LOL!!!

45-Across: "Do you need to reach higher in life? Ask your doctor if ___ ..."

Seems like 'to reach higher' is key, but "ladder" didn't fit.

However, ON TIPPY TOES sure did, and was quite a visual, too!

Now, to get those other two solved!

60-ACROSS: "Want to feel like you did it your way? Ask your doctor if ___ ..."

Well, 'did it your way' pointed to a song from Ol' Blue Eyes, but the answers to the surrounding clues didn't seem to point in that direction.

Well, not until I changed two letters, transforming 'pinesol' into 'pine oil'.

Yes, indeed, the 'drug' was SINATRA!

 

Now, how about that one pesky clue near the top that was slowing me down?

It turned out to be someone's name, too...

a funny-sounding one that's been the butt of many a late-night joke...

which meant I finally got it!

 

17-Across: "Are you managing your health under 'New Rules'? Ask your doctor if ___ ..."

That's pointing directly at a song title!!! Go, go, go, DUA LIPA!

Hahahaha! Hahaha!

 

Thanks... that was delightful!

(smile!)