DID YOU HEAR ABOUT XVII

So I hear ..................

1. your job as an exercise instructor is ...........
2. your job as a burlesque dancer is ...............
3. your trash removal business is ...................
4. your scuba diving business is .....................
5. your soap bar factory is ..............................
6. your weight loss clinic is ............................
7. your property management firm is .............

Answers:

1. working out
2. taking off
3. picking up
4. going under
5. slipping away
6. scaling down 
7. losing ground

Credit: LA Times Crossword
December 2, 2010
Pancho Harrison (#1-4)