MO TOWN
Credit: LA Times Crossword
September 22, 2015
Frank Virzi (#1-3)

Each clue below can be answered with a two-word phrase in which the first word begins with M and the second with O.

1. Some people burn it
2. Responsibility to be ethical
3. Pattern of criminal activity
4. "I coulda been a contender," for example
5. D-Day, for one
6. Cash substitute
7. Certain police
8. Collection of keyboard pieces by J.S. Bach

Answers:

1. Midnight oil
2. Moral obligation
3. Modus operandi
4. Missed opportunity
5. Military operation
6. Money order
7. Motorcycle officer
8. Musical Offering