Take Five!

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Happy 100th Anniversary to my favorite cookie, the Oreo! I still like to twist it apart and eat the cream inside.

And now on to today's puzzle, by Sally R. Stein (one of Stan's pseudonyms). This one's called "Take It From Me", and they are all common idioms.

19A: Take a LOAD OFF YOUR MIND (stop worrying). I just found another meaning to this phrase, one that I can't put in print. Oy!

38A: Take a LOOK IN THE MIRROR (examine yourself critically). Sometimes that's all you have to do to discover the problem that's in front of you! This is also the name of a studio album by the band Korn.

51A: Take a FIVE-MINUTE BREAK (rest for a bit). We all work too hard these days. If you can spare just 5 minutes of your time, just click on the link for 25 fun things you can do.

Today is also Super Tuesday. I never saw a campaign with such undesirable candidates.

Sorry to be so short, but I have a busy day ahead of me.

Till tomorrow. . . .

Signing off,
The Puzzlechick