I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with mayonnaise

I thought it appropriate to continue with the food theme.

Going up?

You can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life
You are the dancing queen

#3 isn't immediately ABBvious to Crambo but...

Not: raise

That's a really good idea!

An activity that has some support
Theyʻll probably __ __ __ __ out, Old Sport,
Rather than bring it to a sud-
-den stop ("they" being Management.) Itʻud
Be wrong to consider me one of them,
as I, Jay Gatsby, am, ahem,
Rather an Owner and donʻt mix
With Management peons and other hicks.

>4 defaults: It's about the dance, not the dancers but definitely not disco :-)

Apologies for the inactivity—Crambo has spent most of the last week sleeping out a high thing that rhymes with beaver.

not: raise, praise, raze(?), polonaise

// So sorry to hear you've been under the weather; hope you are recovering well. //

I'd like to build one of these but it would have very few turnings in my teeny-tiny backyard.

Is it a serious fire?

Doing quite well now, thank you. No fires, nothing will burn in this downpour we've been having here...

not: raise, praise, raze(?), polonaise, maze, blaze

I've put my livestock out to pasture.

Not a word and not a sentence....

#13, b t w, is within one
letter of being identical --in spelling, not in meaning --
with #6, which hasnʻt yet shown up in the "Nots".

Whoops, of course.

not: blaze, graze, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, raise, raze

"phase" (15) is correct for the #6 guess.

You people astonish me!

Yes, I'll be the first to admit we're all very stunning, but that's not the word.

not: amaze, blaze, graze, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, raise, raze

I'm kinda fond of the purple variety. 'scuse me while I kiss the sky.

The wind cries "nope".

not: amaze, blaze, graze, haze, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, raise, raze

It's such a gorgeous day I think I'll go outside, stretch out on a comfy chair and read.

Now Crambo has a Kinks tune playing in its head, yet no dice.

not: amaze, blaze, graze, haze, laze, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, raise, raze

Hint: Crambo's word does not have a z, nor is it a verb.

I'm still stretched out in that comfy chair.

This Monday is one of several of these that we celebrate in the US.

Crambo chooses not to comment on his subjective experience of this Monday lest it be taken as an allusion to a tired newspaper comic.

not: amaze, blaze, chaise, graze, haze, holidays, laze, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, raise, raze

Maybe Crambo's word is a sickness?

Yes, Crambo's word was malaise. Congrats!

Oh dear, that was the crossword king's suggestion when I told him I was stuck. Now to think up a new word. Love the drawings! J. I'll start a new game when I have had a think.