Answer: affair

AnswerCrossword Clue
AFFAIRBig bash
AFFAIRXYZ of 1797-98, e.g.
AFFAIRAmorous hanky-panky
AFFAIRFete
AFFAIRAmour
AFFAIRPublic scandal
AFFAIRCause of many a split
AFFAIRCovert action?
AFFAIRBlack-tie gathering
AFFAIRPotential relationship ruiner
AFFAIRShort-term romance
AFFAIRBrief romance
AFFAIRRocker fling
AFFAIRBilly Wilder's was "Foreign"
AFFAIRRisky romance
AFFAIRBlack-tie gathering, maybe
AFFAIRXYZ ... of 1797
AFFAIRWatergate, for one
AFFAIRIt could be extramarital
AFFAIRCatered bash
AFFAIRSoap opera plot device
AFFAIRDoing
AFFAIRCause of a divorce, at times
AFFAIRMany a soap opera plotline
AFFAIRDalliance
affairAn object of a particular type
affairMatters of public interest and importance
affairAn event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to
affairsomething which is to be done
affairA love affair
affairA matter that is a particular person's concern or responsibility
affairBusiness and financial dealings
AFFAIRBusiness
AFFAIRXYZ, for one
AFFAIRLiaison
AFFAIRSocial function
AFFAIRExtramarital fling
AFFAIRGala
AFFAIRCatered event
AFFAIRFestive gathering