"Every answer today is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts BE- and the second word start D- (as in "bed"). 1. Sinuous Mideast entertainer who may have a navel decoration 2. Oscar category won multiple times by Frank Capra and Steven Spielberg 3. While it's still light at the end of the day 4. Obstruction in a stream made by animals that gnaw 5. Actress who starred in "Now, Voyager" and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?""
"6. Two-time Conservative prime minister of Great Britain in the 19th century 7. Italian for "beautiful woman" 8. Patron at an Oktoberfest, e.g. 9. Dim sum dish made with ground meat and fillings wrapped in a wonton and steamed 10. [Fill in the blank:] Something that is past its prime has seen ___ 11. Like the engine room and sleeping quarters on a ship Last week's challenge Last week's challenge came from Robert Flood, of Allen, Texas."
All answers are familiar two-word phrases or names in which the first word begins with BE- and the second word begins with D-. Eleven numbered clues require answers that fit that BE- D- pattern. Clues span categories such as a sinuous Mideast entertainer, an Oscar category, a time-of-day phrase, a beaver-made stream obstruction, an actress, a 19th-century British prime minister, an Italian expression, an Oktoberfest patron, a dim sum item, a fill-in-the-blank idiom, and a description of ship spaces. A prior puzzle asked for a famous female singer whose letters rearranged to a capital and a food; the solution given was Sarah Vaughan, Havana, Sugar. A new library-themed challenge involves a volume labeled OUT TO SEA whose contents are unrelated to sailing; responses were due December 24 at 3 p.m. ET.
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