WEIGHT, WHAT'S THAT?
In this job, a highway weigh station is called a "chicken coop" as you sit in a line hoping you don't exceed 80,000 pounds
truck driving
This word for altruistic efforts for humanity comes from the Greek for "love of man"
philanthropy
Sorry, everyone! I'm on the diet known as O.M.A.D., short for this; I only eat at 5 p.m.
one meal a day
She's Zeus' sister-wife
Hera
Jewish immigrant parents favored names that sounded more American like this one of Kubrick & Kramer
Stanley
An old system used to weigh precious stones & metals is called this, like an ancient city where the Greeks horsed around
troy (weight)
As a noun, it's the place where legal justice happens; as a verb, it means to woo your love, especially in the early stages
to court
How did you know that "petit" this means "breakfast" in French without knowing that the word on its own means "lunch"?
déjeuner
The handsome youth Adonis was a favorite of this love goddess
Aphrodite
In the early 1950s it was patriotic in China to give the name Yuanchao, meaning "aid" this peninsula where China was fighting
Korea
Throw weight is the maximum payload of this, the "M" in ICBM
a missile
These double-talk "eyes" mean you are looking at someone with love
goo-goo eyes
I bailed on lunch with a big group; I'm this type of person mentioned in the subtitle of Susan Cain's book "Quiet"
an introvert
This goddess of victory is the daughter of the Titan Pallas & the River Styx
Nike
Once, Brits gave thousands of boys a year this name of Christopher Guest's "Spinal Tap" guitarist; in 2016, fewer than 5
Nigel
This boxing class just below heavyweight includes the name of a warship class just below battleship
cruiserweight
You've cast this 11-letter spell on me; New Mexico is the "Land of" it
enchantment
I told you lunch wasn't happening because it's this Jewish day of atonement & I'm fasting
Yom Kippur
This goddess of fruit, crops & vegetation has a name that might mean "earth mother"
Demeter
DAILY DOUBLE
Meaning "noble" (remember the Roman social class), this girls' name was top 5 in the U.S. in the 1940s
Patricia
This name for a type of pound is from the French for "goods of weight"
avoirdupois
Romance is afoot if you've "warmed" these, also a bivalve mollusk, "of someone's heart"
the cockles
I just found out my wisdom teeth are in this 8-letter condition; they're jammed up so I can't eat lunch
impacted
Give a whistle for her, the muse of epic poetry
Calliope
These 2 "E" names of famous Kennedys were fairly big in the 1920s when those ladies were born, but are off the radar now
Eunice & Ethel