GOT IT IN THREE

Once you’ve completed the three-word phrases and found the missing words in the grid, the leftover letters will spell out an expression that derives from Don Quixote, the novel by Miguel de Cervantes.

1. … the grain

2. A … meal

3. Back of …

4. Blow a …

5. … a leg

6. Come a …

7. Flesh and …

8. … and jetsam

9. … and cart

10. Just the …

11. Lick into …

12. Loaf of …

13. Not tonight, …

14. Push the …

15. Rhyme nor …

16. Rise and …

17. Sent to …

18. … a penny

19. Spill the …

20. The bee’s …

21. The Big …

22. The … end

23. The Queen’s …

24. The third …

25. Tower of …

26. Tread the …

27. … and strife

28. … the trousers