The clues below can be answered with a familiar name or phrase - with the addition of the same two consecutive letters. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Moisturizer based on a play set at Christmas, 1183
2. Shakespearean moor's money pool
3. "Blazing Saddles" director's home for the night
4. Movie theater feature that erases lines
5. Title of Queen Elizabeth's body double
6. Exactly fitting for a small child
7. Spoils at your male neighbor's house
8. Messed up and did away with voting

HINT:
The additional letters are OT.

Answers:

1. The Lotion in Winter (The Lion in Winter)
2. Othello Kitty (Hello Kitty)
3. Motel Brooks (Mel Brooks)
4. Botox office (Box office)
5. Other Royal Majesty (Her Royal Majesty)
6. Suited to a tot (Suited to a T)
7. The booty next door (boy next door)
8. Dropped the ballot (Dropped the ball)

Credit:
LA Times Crossword
February 28, 2016
Jeffrey Wechsler
PUTTING IN OVERTIME