OUR FRENCH CONNECTION - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 176 clues). Published 3/10/1991. By Joan P. Leemhorst.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cinch belt's cousin (4)
- SASH
- 5 Across: Economist Smith (4)
- ADAM
- 9 Across: Sahara filling station (5)
- OASIS
- 14 Across: Shoot the breeze (3)
- RAP
- 17 Across: C.I.O. partner (3)
- AFL
- 20 Across: Canyon phenomenon (4)
- ECHO
- 21 Across: The Venerable ___ (4)
- BEDE
- 22 Across: Gorge with a stream (5)
- FLUME
- 23 Across: Macrogametes (3)
- OVA
- 24 Across: Kind of brother (3)
- LAY
- 25 Across: Advice to Clouseau (15)
- CHERCHEZLAFEMME
- 28 Across: Physiotherapist (7)
- MASSEUR
- 30 Across: Busy place, 4:00 P.M., London (7)
- TEASHOP
- 31 Across: Mexican standoff (3)
- TIE
- 32 Across: Surroundings (11)
- MISEENSCENE
- 34 Across: Novel by Nabokov (3)
- DAR
- 35 Across: Depletion (5)
- DRAIN
- 37 Across: Witness (5)
- NOTER
- 38 Across: Indian foot soldier (4)
- PEON
- 40 Across: Shelley subject (3)
- MAB
- 43 Across: Stone pillar (5)
- STELA
- 45 Across: Am. equivalent of a concierge (5)
- SUPER
- 49 Across: Diamond point (4)
- BASE
- 50 Across: Locust (6)
- ACACIA
- 53 Across: Collars (4)
- NABS
- 55 Across: Moderate (4)
- BATE
- 56 Across: Data fed to a computer (5)
- INPUT
- 58 Across: Eliminate malfunctions (5)
- DEBUG
- 59 Across: Masonic doorkeeper (5)
- TILER
- 61 Across: Operated (3)
- RAN
- 62 Across: Immature, in a way (6)
- LARVAL
- 64 Across: African plant (4)
- ALOE
- 66 Across: Conversation à deux (9)
- TETEATETE
- 69 Across: Harangue (6)
- TIRADE
- 71 Across: Kyd work (5)
- DRAMA
- 74 Across: Mingle (5)
- ADMIX
- 75 Across: Allot (4)
- METE
- 76 Across: Embden and quink (5)
- GEESE
- 79 Across: Age, as cheese (5)
- RIPEN
- 82 Across: Interstices (6)
- SPACES
- 85 Across: Mun. official (3)
- ALD
- 86 Across: Justification for existence (11)
- RAISONDETRE
- 89 Across: Australian bird (3)
- EMU
- 90 Across: "Swanee" lyricist (6)
- CAESAR
- 94 Across: Harness part (5)
- TRACE
- 95 Across: Provide new weapons (5)
- REARM
- 97 Across: Aspersion (4)
- SLUR
- 98 Across: Vatican governing body (5)
- CURIA
- 100 Across: Wrists (5)
- CARPI
- 102 Across: Detroit action (6)
- RECALL
- 104 Across: Enamel work (9)
- CLOISONNE
- 108 Across: Place (4)
- SITE
- 110 Across: Uncover (6)
- REVEAL
- 112 Across: Roman household god (3)
- LAR
- 113 Across: Flies heavenward (5)
- SOARS
- 115 Across: One-tenth (5)
- TITHE
- 118 Across: Casino game (5)
- MONTE
- 119 Across: They call K's (4)
- UMPS
- 121 Across: Boîte de ___ (nightclub) (4)
- NUIT
- 122 Across: Levantine garment (6)
- CAFTAN
- 123 Across: Glacé (4)
- ICED
- 124 Across: Muddle with drink (5)
- BESOT
- 126 Across: Insinuating (5)
- SNIDE
- 128 Across: Some N.Y.C. trains (3)
- ELS
- 129 Across: Reared (4)
- BRED
- 130 Across: Apologue (5)
- FABLE
- 133 Across: Negotiate (5)
- TREAT
- 136 Across: One needing an att. (3)
- DEF
- 137 Across: Kin of a morganatic marriage (11)
- MESALLIANCE
- 141 Across: Originally called (3)
- NEE
- 143 Across: Tells or sells (7)
- RETAILS
- 147 Across: Beyond the megalopolis (7)
- EXURBAN
- 148 Across: Ambassador's stand-in (15)
- CHARGEDAFFAIRES
- 151 Across: Taste (3)
- SIP
- 152 Across: Suffix with verb (3)
- OSE
- 153 Across: To love, in Paris (5)
- AIMER
- 154 Across: Robert (père) or Alan (fils) (4)
- ALDA
- 155 Across: Fustian (4)
- RANT
- 156 Across: Nov. 1 group (3)
- STS
- 157 Across: Painter ___ Borch (3)
- TER
- 158 Across: Nervous (5)
- ANTSY
- 159 Across: Sow chow (4)
- MAST
- 160 Across: Purposes (4)
- ENDS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Conventicle group (4)
- SECT
- 2 Down: Feel compassion (4)
- ACHE
- 3 Down: Strawberry's patch, once (4)
- SHEA
- 4 Down: Canapé (11)
- HORSDOEUVRE
- 5 Down: Antonym for adore (5)
- ABHOR
- 6 Down: Profound (4)
- DEEP
- 7 Down: Wood-trimming tool (3)
- ADZ
- 8 Down: Dissolve (4)
- MELT
- 9 Down: Tender (5)
- OFFER
- 10 Down: Part of a shandy (3)
- ALE
- 11 Down: Pinnacle (6)
- SUMMIT
- 12 Down: At hand (8)
- IMMINENT
- 13 Down: Spots (4)
- SEES
- 14 Down: Montague's son (5)
- ROMEO
- 15 Down: ___-garde (5)
- AVANT
- 16 Down: Exceeds (6)
- PASSES
- 17 Down: Nonwindy side (4)
- ALEE
- 18 Down: Goatlike creature (4)
- FAUN
- 19 Down: Hugo's "Toute la ___" (4)
- LYRE
- 26 Down: Biggers hero (4)
- CHAN
- 27 Down: Give a leg up (3)
- AID
- 29 Down: Cancel (5)
- SCRUB
- 33 Down: Give power to (6)
- ENABLE
- 36 Down: A king of Judah (3)
- ASA
- 38 Down: Long, slender cigar (8)
- PANATELA
- 39 Down: Camaraderie (13)
- ESPRITDECORPS
- 40 Down: Unhinged (3)
- MAD
- 41 Down: Top of a suit (3)
- ACE
- 42 Down: ___ au rhum (4)
- BABA
- 44 Down: Café au ___ (4)
- LAIT
- 46 Down: Superior (13)
- PAREXCELLENCE
- 47 Down: French state (4)
- ETAT
- 48 Down: French director Clair (4)
- RENE
- 49 Down: Puppeteer Baird (3)
- BIL
- 51 Down: Dead end (8)
- CULDESAC
- 52 Down: Borodin's prince (4)
- IGOR
- 54 Down: Bristle (4)
- SETA
- 57 Down: Chinese pagoda (3)
- TAA
- 60 Down: Burgundy and Bordeaux, sometimes (4)
- REDS
- 63 Down: Arrival at J.F.K. (3)
- LDG
- 65 Down: Bacon bringers (7)
- EARNERS
- 67 Down: Unit of elec. current (3)
- AMP
- 68 Down: Tante, in Spain (3)
- TIA
- 70 Down: Poetic contraction (3)
- EER
- 72 Down: First word of "Home, Sweet Home" (3)
- MID
- 73 Down: Sherry or Dubonnet, often (8)
- APERITIF
- 75 Down: Singer Davis (3)
- MAC
- 77 Down: Please the cordon bleu (3)
- EAT
- 78 Down: "To ___ With Love" (3)
- SIR
- 80 Down: Printemps follower (3)
- ETE
- 81 Down: New Deal org. (3)
- NRA
- 83 Down: Tried to equal or surpass (8)
- EMULATED
- 84 Down: Big ___, Calif. (3)
- SUR
- 87 Down: Peruvian plant (3)
- OCA
- 88 Down: Slip or trip (3)
- ERR
- 91 Down: ___ generis (unique) (3)
- SUI
- 92 Down: "___ longa . . . " (3)
- ARS
- 93 Down: Mayo and Yaqui (4)
- RIOS
- 96 Down: La Méditerranée, e.g. (3)
- MER
- 97 Down: Urbanity; tact (11)
- SAVOIRFAIRE
- 99 Down: Shortly (4)
- ANON
- 101 Down: Pocket bread (4)
- PITA
- 103 Down: Bldg. material (3)
- CEM
- 104 Down: Wodehouse's Drones ___ (4)
- CLUB
- 105 Down: Brocaded fabric (4)
- LAME
- 106 Down: Repugnance (6)
- NAUSEA
- 107 Down: Hibernia (4)
- ERIN
- 109 Down: Word feminizer (4)
- ETTE
- 111 Down: Was first (3)
- LED
- 114 Down: "A ___ time saves nine" (8)
- STITCHIN
- 116 Down: Belgian pilgrimage town, to a Parisian (3)
- HAL
- 117 Down: Annapolis grad. (3)
- ENS
- 120 Down: Up to now (5)
- SOFAR
- 122 Down: Third letter (3)
- CEE
- 125 Down: Type of hound (6)
- TALBOT
- 127 Down: Fantasized (6)
- DREAMT
- 129 Down: Kind of particle or ray (4)
- BETA
- 131 Down: World-weary (5)
- BLASE
- 132 Down: Grease pencil (5)
- LINER
- 134 Down: Wroth (5)
- ANGRY
- 135 Down: Peg for Peete (3)
- TEE
- 136 Down: Skim off grease (5)
- DEFAT
- 137 Down: Kind of hall (4)
- MESS
- 138 Down: Stage direction (4)
- EXIT
- 139 Down: Has dinner (4)
- SUPS
- 140 Down: Sports org. (4)
- NCAA
- 142 Down: Dutch cheese town (4)
- EDAM
- 143 Down: Mail rtes. (4)
- RFDS
- 144 Down: Persia, today (4)
- IRAN
- 145 Down: ___-Lease Act: 1941 (4)
- LEND
- 146 Down: Concordes (4)
- SSTS
- 149 Down: Thing, in law (3)
- RES
- 150 Down: Carte preceder (3)
- ALA
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