Eugene Sheffer Answers November 21, 2023
Author: Eugene Sheffer
Across
| Melville’s “Billy —” | BUDD |
| Use henna | DYE |
| First-place medal | GOLD |
| Slender weapon | EPEE |
| TV’s Romano | RAY |
| Mine, in Marseille | AMOI |
| Disembark | GOASHORE |
| Give temporarily | LEND |
| NBC weekend show | SNL |
| Many millennia | EON |
| Argentinian dance | TANGO |
| Mountain pass | GAP |
| Meadow | LEA |
| Pottery fragment | SHARD |
| Bum wraps? | DIAPERS |
| First-rate | AONE |
| MSN rival | AOL |
| Sch. supporters | PTAS |
| Large butterfly | MONARCH |
| Oodles | SLEWS |
| Hanoi holiday | TET |
| “The Simpsons” barkeep | MOE |
| The staff of life | BREAD |
| Soap unit | BAR |
| Recede | EBB |
| Harvest | REAP |
| Donate | GIVEAWAY |
| Concerning | INRE |
| Citric beverage | ADE |
| Nevada city | RENO |
| Dick Tracy’s love | TESS |
| “Air” director Affleck | BEN |
| Grouch | CRAB |
Down
| Pleads | BEGS |
| “Once — a time …” | UPON |
| Transaction | DEAL |
| — Moines | DES |
| Wilt | DROOP |
| Fish story | YARN |
| Needle hole | EYE |
| Fruit market selection | GALAAPPLE |
| Portent | OMEN |
| Protracted | LONG |
| Queen of Carthage | DIDO |
| Cabbage unit | HEAD |
| Bubble — | TEA |
| Large primates | GREATAPES |
| Dogpatch adjective | LIL |
| Muppet eagle | SAM |
| “Yoo- —!” | HOO |
| Raggedy doll | ANN |
| “What was I thinking?” | DOH |
| Arles summer | ETE |
| Unprocessed | RAW |
| Snake’s warning | SSS |
| Revue segment | ACT |
| Roulette bet | RED |
| Harboring a grudge | SORE |
| Expert | MAVEN |
| Telly watcher | BRIT |
| Painter Magritte | RENE |
| Jug handles | EARS |
| Wait | BIDE |
| Pitcher | EWER |
| Eric of “Troy” | BANA |
| Informal party request (Abbr.) | BYOB |
| Talk on and on | GAB |
| Curved line | ARC |
