Crossword puzzle clue "toward where you just were"

Toward where you just were

Baffles (ABOUT THIS PUZZLE: If you saw the headline "Fiend Found!" you might instantly notice that, between the two words, only the vowels change — the consonants stay put. Okay, if you were me, you'

"Wish you were here—__ were there"

Hourlong period where you can just forget about the world in the dim, sweaty room you've dreamt about all day and, like the instructor says, just leave it all on the bike

"We were just talking about you"

Particle physicist whose findings were first accepted by Einstein, but later were shown to be fraudulent

"All right, brain, I don't like you and you don't like me - so let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with ___": Homer Simpson

More than just leaning toward