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Thursday, February 6, 2025, Keegan Edgar

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Dress Codes Today's constructor Keegan Edgar is making his LAT debut (his constructor debut anywhere I think), and he wants to know why people who perform certain services are such conformists when it comes to their garb ...   20A. Court garb:  TENNIS WHITES .  These people don't wear robes, but they do serve. So why do tennis players wear white -- at least on the poncier courts?   Turns out it's a Victorian thing . Serena Williams Wimbledon 2012 29A. Naval garb:  SAILOR SUITS .  Actually SAILOR SUITS are for Halloween parties😀. The Navy calls their garb  uniforms  (but Keegan had room for only 5 letters), and  the US Navy is pretty strict about the uniforms of those who serve in them   Two Sailors in Dress Whites Fleet Week in New York 47A. Restaurant garb:  W...