THE FRENCH CONNECTION - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/26/2005. By Joe DiPietro.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Georgia state wildflower (6): AZALEA
7 Across: Georgia neighbor (7): ALABAMA
14 Across: 1970's-80's singer Ronnie (6): MILSAP
20 Across: Fixes, as a bow (6): RETIES
21 Across: Product usually used at night (7): SOMINEX
22 Across: New York lake (6): ONEIDA
23 Across: Puts to the test (6): PROVES
24 Across: Girls at the playground? (14): SWINGSETMISSES
26 Across: Word before and after "by," "on," or "to" (3): ONE
27 Across: Subsist (3): ARE
29 Across: It may be relative (4): EASE
30 Across: Wheat ___ (5): THINS
31 Across: Rear parts of an article of radio equipment? (12): HEADSETTAILS
36 Across: Big atlas section (4): ASIA
38 Across: Party person (7): HOSTESS
39 Across: Kind of race (4): ARMS
40 Across: "No way" (6): CANTBE
44 Across: Hero (3): SUB
45 Across: Rest on (7): SITATOP
47 Across: Assails (5): HASAT
50 Across: Journalist Kupcinet (3): IRV
51 Across: More than just a jaunt (4): TREK
53 Across: Barely beats (5): NOSES
54 Across: Slow dance with quick turns (6): BOLERO
55 Across: Provision of the Natl. Security Act, 1947 (3): CIA
56 Across: Grand ___ (wine appellation) (3): CRU
58 Across: Golf club resembling an inverted V? (11): CARETDRIVER
60 Across: ___-Tiki (3): KON
61 Across: Retainers (5): DIKES
63 Across: Ones with potato peelers, for short (3): KPS
64 Across: Break time (6): EASTER
65 Across: Shipping dept. stamp (4): RECD
66 Across: First-aid item (6): ICEBAG
68 Across: "___ takers?" (3): ANY
69 Across: Fume (6): SEETHE
71 Across: Distillery items (4): VATS
72 Across: Milk-related (6): LACTIC
76 Across: 2001 album with the #1 hit "Ain't It Funny" (3): JLO
79 Across: Mass offering (5): WAFER
80 Across: Time ___ (3): INC
81 Across: Metallic restraint on Baryshnikov? (11): BALLETCHAIN
83 Across: Architectural feature (3): ELL
84 Across: 55-Across relative (3): NSA
85 Across: Northeast tollroad option (6): EZPASS
86 Across: Emasculate (5): UNMAN
88 Across: Catty comeback (4): MEOW
91 Across: Symbol of slipperiness (3): EEL
92 Across: Vikings' foes (5): LIONS
93 Across: Wore briefly (7): TRIEDON
95 Across: Map abbr. (3): AVE
96 Across: Take out (6): DELETE
98 Across: Alliance (4): BLOC
99 Across: Con men often use them (7): ALIASES
101 Across: The Baltics, once: Abbr. (4): SSRS
103 Across: Ball bearing on a spaceship? (12): ROCKETROLLER
105 Across: Spot for a spare tire (5): WAIST
108 Across: Sister of Rachel (4): LEAH
110 Across: Cartoon dog (3): REN
111 Across: "Skip me" (3): NAH
112 Across: Beneath a pendant opener? (14): UNDERLOCKETKEY
117 Across: Pretenses (6): GUISES
120 Across: Witnessed in the area of (6): SEENAT
121 Across: What's left (7): REMAINS
122 Across: Prom date (6): ESCORT
123 Across: TV ratings period (6): SWEEPS
124 Across: Experimented with drugs, say (7): USEDPOT
125 Across: "National Velvet" star (6): ROONEY

Down Answers

1 Down: Ernst colleague (3): ARP
2 Down: Time to attack (8): ZEROHOUR
3 Down: Present for your communication with an English saint? (16): ATONESBECKETCALL
4 Down: Occupy (6): LIVEAT
5 Down: Like a really big shoe (3): EEE
6 Down: Hired gun (8): ASSASSIN
7 Down: Long suit (5): ASSET
8 Down: Range setting (3): LOW
9 Down: "But who ___ to ??" (3): AMI
10 Down: Coal holder (3): BIN
11 Down: 2002 World Series champs (6): ANGELS
12 Down: Hills without peaks (5): MESAS
13 Down: Good fellers (4): AXES
14 Down: Den ___ (3): MOM
15 Down: First-move maker (9): INITIATOR
16 Down: "When Your Child Drives You Crazy" author (6): LESHAN
17 Down: "Sure thing" for Speedy Gonzales (4): SISI
18 Down: Mideast's Gulf of ___ (4): ADEN
19 Down: Part of a wagon train's route (4): PASS
25 Down: Garden party, maybe (3): TEA
28 Down: Order more of (7): RESTOCK
32 Down: ___ Arc, Ark. (3): DES
33 Down: Homers, slangily (6): TATERS
34 Down: Sprang up (5): AROSE
35 Down: Squirt (3): IMP
37 Down: Ghosts or goblins (7): SCARERS
38 Down: Presidential monogram (3): HST
41 Down: When some insects are cited for biting? (16): TICKETFLEASEASON
42 Down: Sweet roll (7): BRIOCHE
43 Down: Boxer Holyfield (7): EVANDER
46 Down: Quickly, briefly (4): ASAP
47 Down: ___ de combat (4): HORS
48 Down: Dismounted (4): ALIT
49 Down: Golfer Ballesteros (4): SEVE
52 Down: Maynard G. ___ of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (5): KREBS
54 Down: Annual celebration, for short (4): BDAY
57 Down: "The good ol'" place (3): USA
59 Down: "The Things We Do for Love" rock group, 1977 (5): TENCC
61 Down: Perceived intuitively (7): DIVINED
62 Down: Miraculous cry at a revival meeting (7): ICANSEE
65 Down: Empire (5): REALM
67 Down: One who may improve your outlook (7): GLAZIER
68 Down: Isles (4): AITS
70 Down: Manchego cheese source (3): EWE
73 Down: Food in bags or cans (4): ALPO
74 Down: The Kennedys, e.g. (4): CLAN
75 Down: 1979 Nastassia Kinski title role (4): TESS
76 Down: Tony's sister on "The Sopranos" (6): JANICE
77 Down: Mexican beer go-with (4): LIME
78 Down: Impetuously, maybe (7): ONADARE
81 Down: Car seat securer (9): BELTSTRAP
82 Down: Impresario Sol (5): HUROK
87 Down: Only in the past (8): NOLONGER
89 Down: "Psst!" (8): OVERHERE
90 Down: Unseld of the N.B.A. (3): WES
93 Down: Lots of hugs, in brief (3): TLC
94 Down: Lowest score (3): NIL
97 Down: Ancient Palestinian (6): ESSENE
98 Down: "La ___" (opera) (6): BOHEME
100 Down: Magnet alloy (6): ALNICO
102 Down: Traffic caution (3): SLO
103 Down: Landscapers' tools (5): RAKES
104 Down: Assignation (5): TRYST
105 Down: Weak one (4): WUSS
106 Down: All over (4): ANEW
107 Down: Creation of un philosophe (4): IDEE
109 Down: Sandy hue (4): ECRU
113 Down: Mil. titles (3): LTS
114 Down: Little bit (3): TAD
115 Down: Laotian money (3): KIP
116 Down: 1970's Bowie collaborator (3): ENO
118 Down: Show presenter, for short (3): USO
119 Down: Farm area (3): STY

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