Letter M
Made a wrong move, say ... or when parsed differently, a hint to the starred clues' answers
misname
Make out sloppily in the library?
misinterpret (a situation etc)
Makes out clumsily?
Maladministration.
MISTRESS (abbr.)
Mademoiselle or señorita.
Mademoiselle, overseas
Major in transgender activism
Marple or Havisham
Marple or Marker
Marple or Piggy
Marriageable one
Master's counterpart
Melville masterpiece (hyph.)
Mile equivalent, proverbially
Mile equivalent?
Mile's equivalent, proverbially
Mile's equivalent?
Muffet or America
Muffet or Brooks
Muffet's title
Muffet, for one
___ Marple
MASS (L)
mass Catholic
Make a musical goof
Momentarily falter
Mass book
Mass book (last 3 + ...)
Mass text
Mass books.
Marian Ann MacKnight.
Marion McKnight's title.
March in Atlantic City?
MASS (pert. to)
Messed up while knitting
MISTLETOE berries, bird feeding on
MISTLETOE-eating bird
mistletoe
Mail to the wrong address
Model badly?
MINUTEMAN
may be ballistic or directed by remote control
"Most Difficult Woman" pageant winner's title?
Movie about a young diva?
Mystery to evolutionists
MILITARY project
missioner
Movie franchise since 1996
Mercury had 26 of them
Ministry activity
MISTRESS (corrupt. of)
MISTRESS (sl.)
MISTRESS as used by servants
missus
MEMPHIS river (USA)
MINNEAPOLIS river (USA)
MOUND Builders, valley of the
Magnolia State
MAGNOLIA MICHAEL AND FAMILY
*Message from beneath the surface?
M. Poirot s secretary
Midler's "Divine" nickname
Mary Ann Mobley, in 1959
Midwestern beauty queen?
MONTANA university town
Montana town where "A River Runs Through It" was set
Montana town's inherent spirit?
MILK River outlet (USA)
Major U.S. river
Mell Lazarus comic strip
Mess up in the bee, say
Made mistakes competing in bees
Movie star with a big nose
Made a verbal error
"Madame Butterfly," updated
*Musical set during the Vietnam War
Modern adaptation of "Madame Butterfly"
Modern-day "Madama Butterfly"
Musical based on "Madama Butterfly"
Musical based on "Madame Butterfly"
Musical featuring "The Movie in My Mind"
Musical set in Vietnam
Musical with the song "Bui Doi"
Musical with the song "Sun and Moon"
Make a dash before the "bang!"
Make a false move
MISSIS
Mister's mate
Mysterious lady
Mariah Carey Christmas song
"Maid of the ___" (Niagara Falls tour boat)
"Maid of the ___."
Morning haze over a field
MISLE
Maid of the ___ (Niagara Falls boat)
Maid of the ___, at Niagara Falls
Manfred Mann "Runner" lyric, "See the ___ as your breath hits the air"
Metaphor for forgetfulness
Metaphor for old memories
Metaphor for the past
Meteorologic phenomenon.
Moisten in the produce aisle
Morning Haze London
Morning fog
Morning haze
Morning weather phenomenon
___ Maidens, floaters in Oz
Man in the 'hood
"Man is Nature's sole ___!": Gilbert
MISQUOTATION
mistiming
MISTAKABLE
Misunderstands
make disordered
Magoo or Roberts
Man's address
Man's respectful title
Mrs.' husband
Man in a minstrel show.
Marlon Brando and Mel Gibson
Mate of H. M. S. Bounty.
Ms. magazine competitor?
Ms. Richards's sitcom boss
Make a wrong call?
*Myopic cartoon fellow
Misadventurous toon
Man of one's dreams
Men's titles.
More hazy
Mess up, as a punch line
Moniker mishap
MISSEL
Moist and fine
Make a drafting error
Medit. wind
Mediterranean north wind.
Mediterranean winds
Ms. Entertainment
Many a tryst participant
Marvell's was coy
Marine layer phenomena, at times
Mizzles
Moistens a fern
Moistens in the produce aisle
Moistens, as produce
Morning weather phenomena
Make a B instead of an A?
MIST (pert. to)
Mathis classic
Mathis hit of '59
Mathis hit of 1959
Mathis signature song
Mathis song hit
Moist, as the air
Make a donkey instead of a monkey, e.g.
Mrs. Malaprop's problem
Malaprop, e.g.
Malapropism, e.g.
Malapropism, for example.
Mrs. Malaprop, vis-a-vis language
Manglers
Malapropisms, e.g.
Manhandling
MA school where Kofi Annan got an MA
Major engineering school (abbr.)
Mass. Av. school
Mass. campus
Mass. institution
Mass. school
Mass. university
Mystery Hunt sch.
McConnell from Kentucky
McConnell of the Senate
McConnell whose family almost went broke treating his childhood polio, although that doesn't seem to have left much of an impression
Miller from Rochester
Musical Miller
Musician Miller
Mayor of N. Y. C., 1914–1917.
Maverick's last name in "Top Gun"
Melanie's creator.
Medium bombers.
Mange cause
Mattress critter
Microscopic arachnid
Microscopic dust bug
Minor amount
Minuscule contribution
Minute pest
Modest contribution.
Makes a joint
Minuscule bugs
Minuscule pests
Minute arachnids
MYTHS, study of
Methods of cell division
MITRA
Mirage carmaker
Mariner's gear?
Massachusetts governor Romney
Matt Weiters uses one
Must for a catcher
Must for a shortstop
Misplaced nursery articles.
Massachusetts ex-governor
Mormon Republican
Musts for Garvey and Carter
Miss Gaynor, of "We're Not Married."
More than 900 years ago.
More than a millennium ago
Make a soundtrack
Margarita ___
Match partner
Match's partner
Meow ___
Mingle at the party
Muffin source, maybe
Make an outfit from different sets
Made up of both sexes
Mutual fund portfolio?
Manhattan or Alexander
Manhattan or Alexander, e.g.
Manhattan or Long Island iced tea
Manhattan and Cape Cod, for two
Mental conflict ... or what may be found in four long puzzle answers?
Mesclun, and a hint to the circled squares
Modern-art lecture topic: AIMED
Mother, pa?
Made members of a colony mingle?
Melting pot on ice?
Meet-and-greet
Meet-and-greets
Makes friends
Makes martinis
Mashups, essentially
*Meat loaf recipe instruction
Mixed: Comb. form.
MIST (mist.)
Miscommunications
Moments of confusion
Meet and greet, say
Morita's "wax on, wax off" character
Movie trainer of Daniel-san
Mr. ___ of "The Karate Kid"
"Mrs." in dialect
MARRIED woman who does not wish to be addressed as Mrs
Mast part
Measurements syst.
8 +1