NOTHING GAINED
NY Times Crossword
July 21, 1996
D. Niles

The answer to each clue below is a familiar expression, except that the letter is O is added at the beginning of one of the words - to make it correspond to the clue.

1. Film about an X-rated oracle
2. Last cameo appearances
3. Long-running Popeye spin-off
4. Flowery Greek couple of myth
5. Traditional song for a medfly
6. Debtors' fasteners
7. Slick pride leader
8. You can't forget it

( BIG) HINTS:
The words which are preceded by O:
1. Men
2. Bit
3. Live
4. Leander
5. Range
6. Wing
7. Leo
8. Mission

Answers:

1. Dirty old omen
2. Obit parts
3. Saturday Night Olive
4. Hero and Oleander
5. Home on the orange
6. Owing nuts
7. Oleo the lion
8. Omission impossible