Crossword clues for Breaks up or down:BREAKSPool openingsBREAKChance piece of luck: Slang.BREAKING___ a mirror (tempting fate).BREAKCrack.BREAKSTime-outsBREAKSocial blunder: Slang.BREAKHiatus.BREAKIntermissionBREAKWhat curve balls do.BREAKTV interval.BREAKTake fiveBREAKSShattersBREAKEightball starterBREAKSOpportunities: Colloq.BREAKBit of luckBREAKSGoes to pieces?BREAKSStrokes of luckBREAKSSnapsBREAKWord missing from 17, 23, 44, 56 AcrossBREAKThe "five" in "take five," e.g.BREAKSStarts the pool gameBREAKDisclose, as news.BREAKStroke of luckBREAKCoffee timeBREAKFractureBREAKShort recessBREAKIt can precede the words at either end of 20-, 39-, and 58-AcrossBREAKPool openingBREAKDawn.BREAKSFractures.BREAKRespite from workBREAKHead-clearing span, perhapsBREAKSIntersessionsBREAKDo better than, as a scoreBREAKInterruptionBREAKNeed fixingBREAKGo to pieces?BREAKWord that can follow the last word of 17- and 54-Across and 11- and 27-DownBREAKSSome are luckyBREAKNine ball beginningBREAKSCoffee timesBREAKTime away from workBREAKEscape, with "out"BREAKRecessBREAKCome apartBREAKWork stoppage?BREAKSWhat workers welcomeBREAKTime-outBREAKTameBREAKWith 65-Across, go against the group ... or what the shaded squares literally do in the answers to the starred clues