Answer: bridge

AnswerCrossword Clue
BRIDGEConnection from one bank to another
BRIDGEKwai structure
BRIDGEBit of dental work
BRIDGEKind of loan
BRIDGEIt goes side-to-side
BRIDGEGame with a dummy
BRIDGERiver spanner
BRIDGELondon or Brooklyn, e.g.
BRIDGEViaduct
BRIDGEBlackwood's game
BRIDGEOne kind of club
BRIDGEDrivers use it to get to the bank?
BRIDGEGeorge Washington, e.g.
BRIDGESubject of a New York Times column until 2015
BRIDGEWhat you might come across at a river?
BRIDGEGame for dummies?
bridgestructure spanning a river, road, etc.
bridgeraised platform from which a ship is navigated
bridgecard game for two pairs of players
bridgeto make a bridge or passage over
bridgeto eliminate all possibilities of retreat; make one's decision irrevocable
bridgeto connect (to join together)
bridgeartificial replacement for a missing tooth
bridgethe bony ridge of the nose
BRIDGEMilitary pontoon structure.
BRIDGEWay over the Charles
BRIDGEGoren's game
BRIDGEGeorge Washington, for one
BRIDGERiver crosser
BRIDGETroll's charge
BRIDGEIt takes a toll, often
BRIDGEApt word to substitute for each of four black squares to make sense of the across answers on either side of them
BRIDGESong section
BRIDGEConnection
BRIDGETheme of the puzzle
BRIDGECard game derived from whist
BRIDGEFour-hand amusement
BRIDGEStructural unit built by Sea Bees.
BRIDGECaptain's command post.
BRIDGEThe skipper's platform.