abbrs. the partial clue is easy, sure--but he is by design. no such thing as too easy on a monday in my opinion. (too boring, yes; but he is a separate issue.)i would have liked BOX OFFICE SMASH too, but i could not find a suitable matching 14. actually the theme answer i really wanted was BUNS OF STEEL (hat tip: BEQ), but it was the only 11 we came up with, and i was already using OF for BARBER OF