middleagespread
- Empty-nester's weight problem
- Waistline concern
- Reason to diet
- It may make shoes slowly disappear
- It may make shoes out of sight
- It may cause pants to be too tight
- Fortysomething's woe, or this puzzle's theme (see letters 7, 8 and 9)
- Fifty-something's weight gain
- Fifties phenomenon for many
- Cover for a fortysomething?