THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Joe DiPietro6/26/2005

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Georgia state wildflower (6 letters)
7 Across: Georgia neighbor (7 letters)
14 Across: 1970's-80's singer Ronnie (6 letters)
20 Across: Fixes, as a bow (6 letters)
21 Across: Product usually used at night (7 letters)
22 Across: New York lake (6 letters)
23 Across: Puts to the test (6 letters)
24 Across: Girls at the playground? (14 letters)
26 Across: Word before and after "by," "on," or "to" (3 letters)
27 Across: Subsist (3 letters)
29 Across: It may be relative (4 letters)
30 Across: Wheat ___ (5 letters)
31 Across: Rear parts of an article of radio equipment? (12 letters)
36 Across: Big atlas section (4 letters)
38 Across: Party person (7 letters)
39 Across: Kind of race (4 letters)
40 Across: "No way" (6 letters)
44 Across: Hero (3 letters)
45 Across: Rest on (7 letters)
47 Across: Assails (5 letters)
50 Across: Journalist Kupcinet (3 letters)
51 Across: More than just a jaunt (4 letters)
53 Across: Barely beats (5 letters)
54 Across: Slow dance with quick turns (6 letters)
55 Across: Provision of the Natl. Security Act, 1947 (3 letters)
56 Across: Grand ___ (wine appellation) (3 letters)
58 Across: Golf club resembling an inverted V? (11 letters)
60 Across: ___-Tiki (3 letters)
61 Across: Retainers (5 letters)
63 Across: Ones with potato peelers, for short (3 letters)
64 Across: Break time (6 letters)
65 Across: Shipping dept. stamp (4 letters)
66 Across: First-aid item (6 letters)
68 Across: "___ takers?" (3 letters)
69 Across: Fume (6 letters)
71 Across: Distillery items (4 letters)
72 Across: Milk-related (6 letters)
76 Across: 2001 album with the #1 hit "Ain't It Funny" (3 letters)
79 Across: Mass offering (5 letters)
80 Across: Time ___ (3 letters)
81 Across: Metallic restraint on Baryshnikov? (11 letters)
83 Across: Architectural feature (3 letters)
84 Across: 55-Across relative (3 letters)
85 Across: Northeast tollroad option (6 letters)
86 Across: Emasculate (5 letters)
88 Across: Catty comeback (4 letters)
91 Across: Symbol of slipperiness (3 letters)
92 Across: Vikings' foes (5 letters)
93 Across: Wore briefly (7 letters)
95 Across: Map abbr. (3 letters)
96 Across: Take out (6 letters)
98 Across: Alliance (4 letters)
99 Across: Con men often use them (7 letters)
101 Across: The Baltics, once: Abbr. (4 letters)
103 Across: Ball bearing on a spaceship? (12 letters)
105 Across: Spot for a spare tire (5 letters)
108 Across: Sister of Rachel (4 letters)
110 Across: Cartoon dog (3 letters)
111 Across: "Skip me" (3 letters)
112 Across: Beneath a pendant opener? (14 letters)
117 Across: Pretenses (6 letters)
120 Across: Witnessed in the area of (6 letters)
121 Across: What's left (7 letters)
122 Across: Prom date (6 letters)
123 Across: TV ratings period (6 letters)
124 Across: Experimented with drugs, say (7 letters)
125 Across: "National Velvet" star (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Ernst colleague (3 letters)
2 Down: Time to attack (8 letters)
3 Down: Present for your communication with an English saint? (16 letters)
4 Down: Occupy (6 letters)
5 Down: Like a really big shoe (3 letters)
6 Down: Hired gun (8 letters)
7 Down: Long suit (5 letters)
8 Down: Range setting (3 letters)
9 Down: "But who ___ to ??" (3 letters)
10 Down: Coal holder (3 letters)
11 Down: 2002 World Series champs (6 letters)
12 Down: Hills without peaks (5 letters)
13 Down: Good fellers (4 letters)
14 Down: Den ___ (3 letters)
15 Down: First-move maker (9 letters)
16 Down: "When Your Child Drives You Crazy" author (6 letters)
17 Down: "Sure thing" for Speedy Gonzales (4 letters)
18 Down: Mideast's Gulf of ___ (4 letters)
19 Down: Part of a wagon train's route (4 letters)
25 Down: Garden party, maybe (3 letters)
28 Down: Order more of (7 letters)
32 Down: ___ Arc, Ark. (3 letters)
33 Down: Homers, slangily (6 letters)
34 Down: Sprang up (5 letters)
35 Down: Squirt (3 letters)
37 Down: Ghosts or goblins (7 letters)
38 Down: Presidential monogram (3 letters)
41 Down: When some insects are cited for biting? (16 letters)
42 Down: Sweet roll (7 letters)
43 Down: Boxer Holyfield (7 letters)
46 Down: Quickly, briefly (4 letters)
47 Down: ___ de combat (4 letters)
48 Down: Dismounted (4 letters)
49 Down: Golfer Ballesteros (4 letters)
52 Down: Maynard G. ___ of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (5 letters)
54 Down: Annual celebration, for short (4 letters)
57 Down: "The good ol'" place (3 letters)
59 Down: "The Things We Do for Love" rock group, 1977 (5 letters)
61 Down: Perceived intuitively (7 letters)
62 Down: Miraculous cry at a revival meeting (7 letters)
65 Down: Empire (5 letters)
67 Down: One who may improve your outlook (7 letters)
68 Down: Isles (4 letters)
70 Down: Manchego cheese source (3 letters)
73 Down: Food in bags or cans (4 letters)
74 Down: The Kennedys, e.g. (4 letters)
75 Down: 1979 Nastassia Kinski title role (4 letters)
76 Down: Tony's sister on "The Sopranos" (6 letters)
77 Down: Mexican beer go-with (4 letters)
78 Down: Impetuously, maybe (7 letters)
81 Down: Car seat securer (9 letters)
82 Down: Impresario Sol (5 letters)
87 Down: Only in the past (8 letters)
89 Down: "Psst!" (8 letters)
90 Down: Unseld of the N.B.A. (3 letters)
93 Down: Lots of hugs, in brief (3 letters)
94 Down: Lowest score (3 letters)
97 Down: Ancient Palestinian (6 letters)
98 Down: "La ___" (opera) (6 letters)
100 Down: Magnet alloy (6 letters)
102 Down: Traffic caution (3 letters)
103 Down: Landscapers' tools (5 letters)
104 Down: Assignation (5 letters)
105 Down: Weak one (4 letters)
106 Down: All over (4 letters)
107 Down: Creation of un philosophe (4 letters)
109 Down: Sandy hue (4 letters)
113 Down: Mil. titles (3 letters)
114 Down: Little bit (3 letters)
115 Down: Laotian money (3 letters)
116 Down: 1970's Bowie collaborator (3 letters)
118 Down: Show presenter, for short (3 letters)
119 Down: Farm area (3 letters)

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