PERIOD PIECE

Elizabeth C. Gorski

 

Can you  make sense out of the clue answers below?

 

... IME

... ELL

BAR ...

The ...

Go ...

 

HINTS:

Jail

Surprise - What else do you know

French film star

Cabinet 

Samuel Beckett

 

Answers:

 

The ... should be interpreted as DOT:

 

DO Time

DO Tell

barDOT

DOT (Department of Transportation)

goDOT ("Waiting for Godot")