OUR FRENCH CONNECTION

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23176 clues~30-60 minBy Joan P. Leemhorst3/10/1991

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Across

1 Across: Cinch belt's cousin (4 letters)
5 Across: Economist Smith (4 letters)
9 Across: Sahara filling station (5 letters)
14 Across: Shoot the breeze (3 letters)
17 Across: C.I.O. partner (3 letters)
20 Across: Canyon phenomenon (4 letters)
21 Across: The Venerable ___ (4 letters)
22 Across: Gorge with a stream (5 letters)
23 Across: Macrogametes (3 letters)
24 Across: Kind of brother (3 letters)
25 Across: Advice to Clouseau (15 letters)
28 Across: Physiotherapist (7 letters)
30 Across: Busy place, 4:00 P.M., London (7 letters)
31 Across: Mexican standoff (3 letters)
32 Across: Surroundings (11 letters)
34 Across: Novel by Nabokov (3 letters)
35 Across: Depletion (5 letters)
37 Across: Witness (5 letters)
38 Across: Indian foot soldier (4 letters)
40 Across: Shelley subject (3 letters)
43 Across: Stone pillar (5 letters)
45 Across: Am. equivalent of a concierge (5 letters)
49 Across: Diamond point (4 letters)
50 Across: Locust (6 letters)
53 Across: Collars (4 letters)
55 Across: Moderate (4 letters)
56 Across: Data fed to a computer (5 letters)
58 Across: Eliminate malfunctions (5 letters)
59 Across: Masonic doorkeeper (5 letters)
61 Across: Operated (3 letters)
62 Across: Immature, in a way (6 letters)
64 Across: African plant (4 letters)
66 Across: Conversation à deux (9 letters)
69 Across: Harangue (6 letters)
71 Across: Kyd work (5 letters)
74 Across: Mingle (5 letters)
75 Across: Allot (4 letters)
76 Across: Embden and quink (5 letters)
79 Across: Age, as cheese (5 letters)
82 Across: Interstices (6 letters)
85 Across: Mun. official (3 letters)
86 Across: Justification for existence (11 letters)
89 Across: Australian bird (3 letters)
90 Across: "Swanee" lyricist (6 letters)
94 Across: Harness part (5 letters)
95 Across: Provide new weapons (5 letters)
97 Across: Aspersion (4 letters)
98 Across: Vatican governing body (5 letters)
100 Across: Wrists (5 letters)
102 Across: Detroit action (6 letters)
104 Across: Enamel work (9 letters)
108 Across: Place (4 letters)
110 Across: Uncover (6 letters)
112 Across: Roman household god (3 letters)
113 Across: Flies heavenward (5 letters)
115 Across: One-tenth (5 letters)
118 Across: Casino game (5 letters)
119 Across: They call K's (4 letters)
121 Across: Boîte de ___ (nightclub) (4 letters)
122 Across: Levantine garment (6 letters)
123 Across: Glacé (4 letters)
124 Across: Muddle with drink (5 letters)
126 Across: Insinuating (5 letters)
128 Across: Some N.Y.C. trains (3 letters)
129 Across: Reared (4 letters)
130 Across: Apologue (5 letters)
133 Across: Negotiate (5 letters)
136 Across: One needing an att. (3 letters)
137 Across: Kin of a morganatic marriage (11 letters)
141 Across: Originally called (3 letters)
143 Across: Tells or sells (7 letters)
147 Across: Beyond the megalopolis (7 letters)
148 Across: Ambassador's stand-in (15 letters)
151 Across: Taste (3 letters)
152 Across: Suffix with verb (3 letters)
153 Across: To love, in Paris (5 letters)
154 Across: Robert (père) or Alan (fils) (4 letters)
155 Across: Fustian (4 letters)
156 Across: Nov. 1 group (3 letters)
157 Across: Painter ___ Borch (3 letters)
158 Across: Nervous (5 letters)
159 Across: Sow chow (4 letters)
160 Across: Purposes (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Conventicle group (4 letters)
2 Down: Feel compassion (4 letters)
3 Down: Strawberry's patch, once (4 letters)
4 Down: Canapé (11 letters)
5 Down: Antonym for adore (5 letters)
6 Down: Profound (4 letters)
7 Down: Wood-trimming tool (3 letters)
8 Down: Dissolve (4 letters)
9 Down: Tender (5 letters)
10 Down: Part of a shandy (3 letters)
11 Down: Pinnacle (6 letters)
12 Down: At hand (8 letters)
13 Down: Spots (4 letters)
14 Down: Montague's son (5 letters)
15 Down: ___-garde (5 letters)
16 Down: Exceeds (6 letters)
17 Down: Nonwindy side (4 letters)
18 Down: Goatlike creature (4 letters)
19 Down: Hugo's "Toute la ___" (4 letters)
26 Down: Biggers hero (4 letters)
27 Down: Give a leg up (3 letters)
29 Down: Cancel (5 letters)
33 Down: Give power to (6 letters)
36 Down: A king of Judah (3 letters)
38 Down: Long, slender cigar (8 letters)
39 Down: Camaraderie (13 letters)
40 Down: Unhinged (3 letters)
41 Down: Top of a suit (3 letters)
42 Down: ___ au rhum (4 letters)
44 Down: Café au ___ (4 letters)
46 Down: Superior (13 letters)
47 Down: French state (4 letters)
48 Down: French director Clair (4 letters)
49 Down: Puppeteer Baird (3 letters)
51 Down: Dead end (8 letters)
52 Down: Borodin's prince (4 letters)
54 Down: Bristle (4 letters)
57 Down: Chinese pagoda (3 letters)
60 Down: Burgundy and Bordeaux, sometimes (4 letters)
63 Down: Arrival at J.F.K. (3 letters)
65 Down: Bacon bringers (7 letters)
67 Down: Unit of elec. current (3 letters)
68 Down: Tante, in Spain (3 letters)
70 Down: Poetic contraction (3 letters)
72 Down: First word of "Home, Sweet Home" (3 letters)
73 Down: Sherry or Dubonnet, often (8 letters)
75 Down: Singer Davis (3 letters)
77 Down: Please the cordon bleu (3 letters)
78 Down: "To ___ With Love" (3 letters)
80 Down: Printemps follower (3 letters)
81 Down: New Deal org. (3 letters)
83 Down: Tried to equal or surpass (8 letters)
84 Down: Big ___, Calif. (3 letters)
87 Down: Peruvian plant (3 letters)
88 Down: Slip or trip (3 letters)
91 Down: ___ generis (unique) (3 letters)
92 Down: "___ longa . . . " (3 letters)
93 Down: Mayo and Yaqui (4 letters)
96 Down: La Méditerranée, e.g. (3 letters)
97 Down: Urbanity; tact (11 letters)
99 Down: Shortly (4 letters)
101 Down: Pocket bread (4 letters)
103 Down: Bldg. material (3 letters)
104 Down: Wodehouse's Drones ___ (4 letters)
105 Down: Brocaded fabric (4 letters)
106 Down: Repugnance (6 letters)
107 Down: Hibernia (4 letters)
109 Down: Word feminizer (4 letters)
111 Down: Was first (3 letters)
114 Down: "A ___ time saves nine" (8 letters)
116 Down: Belgian pilgrimage town, to a Parisian (3 letters)
117 Down: Annapolis grad. (3 letters)
120 Down: Up to now (5 letters)
122 Down: Third letter (3 letters)
125 Down: Type of hound (6 letters)
127 Down: Fantasized (6 letters)
129 Down: Kind of particle or ray (4 letters)
131 Down: World-weary (5 letters)
132 Down: Grease pencil (5 letters)
134 Down: Wroth (5 letters)
135 Down: Peg for Peete (3 letters)
136 Down: Skim off grease (5 letters)
137 Down: Kind of hall (4 letters)
138 Down: Stage direction (4 letters)
139 Down: Has dinner (4 letters)
140 Down: Sports org. (4 letters)
142 Down: Dutch cheese town (4 letters)
143 Down: Mail rtes. (4 letters)
144 Down: Persia, today (4 letters)
145 Down: ___-Lease Act: 1941 (4 letters)
146 Down: Concordes (4 letters)
149 Down: Thing, in law (3 letters)
150 Down: Carte preceder (3 letters)

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