At the Beach

Betty was often seen walking along the beach, contemplating the rise-and-fall, ebb-and-flow, back-and-forth of the waves. Seeking sources of spiritual insight, she'd cry out delightedly when enlightenment struck.

BLACK
Anoa's home
Book of charts, calendars, etc.
College by Windsor Castle
Crucial component
Desire
Exploiters
Faline or Vixen
Gal
Greek vernacular
Guide; tutor
H
Haggard
Hawaiian staple
In the sky
Marked by age
Mooring for pleasure boats
Negative conjunction
Not needing to be taken on faith
Proxy
Tabloids
Tolkein nasty
Volume

WHITE
Actress who played Daisy (Moses)
Burrowed
Coneheads, Melmacians, et al
“Dame de __”; a paid escort
Grotto
Having two stressed syllables
Laid one's cards on the table, perhaps
Like 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.
Lustrous
Moonfish
Norse pantheon
Operate
Regal trim
Relating to Mn
Self-regard
Set
Terrific time
Undressed
Well regarded (2 wds)
Zero

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ROWS
1. Sugar pill; Sabotage
2. Saisons chaudes; Ecuadorian journalist and president (2 wds)
3. Thinking man's artist?; Winona Ryder, to Timothy Leary
4. Adds commentary; Find new life
5. Disfiguring; Cassava
6. It begins “We believe in one God…” (2 wds); Botswana lake
7. Spotless; Occasional
8. Prepared to fight again; Firing heavy artillery
9. Able to be evoked; Countess Aurelia, et al
10. Encroach; Hodgepodge of ingredients
11. Brand-name; Bug
12. Botanical gift (2 wds); Like Gaddafi
13. Online bookseller; Defeats overwhelmingly (2 wds)
14. They open all doors; An American in Paris is one (2 wds)
15. Coffee-colored; When scoring and CGI might be added (hyph)
16. Steeps; An arranged scene