CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
Biblical tower town (5)
Babel
Need to change a tire? No problem if you have one of these portable devices to lift the car
Jack
It's a cosmetic used to color the cheeks
rouge
"Les Mis" is probably the most famous musical set partly in the sewers of this city
Paris
In basketball, this ball handling infraction will cost you possession
double dribble
Fasten your seat belt (6)
Buckle
To hit or injure slightly, or to give yourself a small cut while shaving--ouch!
nick
It's another name for the mountain lion
cougar
"The Color Purple" takes place in this "peachy" Southern state, & it premiered there before it came to Broadway
Georgia
A condition of low priority; in a cooking phrase, it usually follows "on the..."
back burner
A desert nomad (7)
Bedouin
Its definitions include elegance, mercy & moral strength, as well as a prayer said before meals
grace
Impel or goad
urge
"Practically Perfect" is one of the new songs written for the stage version of this 1964 Julie Andrews movie
Mary Poppins
You'll get a charge over this critter, an Amazon River dweller that can pack a 650-volt wallop
Electric Eel
To invite or summon (6)
beckon
This nickname for Henry can also mean a coil, or a looped bundle of thread
Hank
This carpenter's tool bores holes in wood
auger
A fair-haired law student is the heroine of the musical based on this 2001 Reese Witherspoon film
Legally Blonde
The Weather Channel believes that 1 degree can change the world, & that the lowering of these alliterative emissions can help
greenhouse gases
"Decameron" dude (9)
Boccaccio
The 2 common names, one female, one male, that are synonyms for a Christmas song or hymn
Carol and Noel
It's just "I" in Latin
ego
We loved him as Niles Crane on "Frasier"; now it's "Curtains" for him--he's in the Broadway musical "Curtains"
David Hyde Pierce
R.R., as a description in mail delivery
Rural Route