Crossword
“THE FRENCH DISCONNECTION” By JOHN LAMPKIN
ACROSS
1 Dropped-jaw
stare 5 Like loving
caresses 12 Audio units:
Abbr. 15 “The Americans” agcy. 18 First name in
erotica 20 Place for a
bootee 21 Seedy motel,
say 23 Painting of an annoying bricklayer at work? 25 Japan’s
emperor 26 Like many
forest roads 27 Suffer 28 Least
obfuscated 29 Football
laterals, e.g. 30 15th-century food-stained collectible? 33 Beachcomber’s
pace 36 Breezy and
open 37 Glance 38 Chaotic mess 42 Bot head? 43 Harbor protector 45 Dutch South
Africans 46 Fabulist’s Cheer
alternative? 48 “Exodus” author 49 Chickadee kin 50 Undocumented
Nepali? 51 Peak in
Thessaly 52 Big D cager 53 Annoy 54 PC linkup 57 Mexican mama
bears 59 Slip away 61 Popular Oahu
beach 63 Dollar for a
shot? 66 “Hmm” 67 Dollars for
shots? 68 Piles up 69 Captain Hook’s creator J.M. __ Eight furlongs Caught Erstwhile U.K. recording giant Kind of trading, briefly Sweet Sixteen org. With the bow, in music 80 Of __ mind 81 Qatar’s capital 82 “Snow White” witch’s download? 84 Refine, as ore 87 Stick on the grill 88 Beat it 89 Jamaican
hybrid fruits 90 Fine-tune 91 China-related
prefix 92 Irritates 94 Mud, slop, pig,
etc.? 98 Mist and such 103 Show great respect for, perhaps 104 Mythical flapper 105 Gulf of Guinea
country 106 Easy time 107 Sailing maneuver to avoid a pirate’s threat? 110 City on the Elbe 111 Morning paper, e.g. 112 “Gymnopédies” composer 113 French article whose singular form is “disconnected” from nine puzzle answers 114 Newsroom VIPs 115 Boot protectors 116 Smartphone component
DOWN
1 Full range 2 “That’s __!” 3 Twists 4 Their pockets aren’t deep 5 Dutch town 6 Geological period 7 Movement at a boring concert? 8 Twin-but-notTwins’ city 9 Half a fitness motto 10 Freezer __ 11 Allow 12 Window hanging 13 Where brownies come together 14 Wasp’s weapon 15 Disc golf “ball” 16 More eccentric 17 WSJ news bit 19 Sets money aside 22 What an X may mark 24 Arm or chin follower 28 Bios unread by their honorees 30 Universal 31 Endemic 32 Neh. and Esth. 34 Penalty callers 35 RicofTheCars 38 Opinion 39 French word in bios 40 Home of Elaine, in Arthurian legend 41 Forces fraudulently (upon) 43 Vehicle hired to carry steeplechase horses? 44 Tip for changing your answer? 45 61-Across wear 47 Cavalier “My bad” 49 Emotional wounds 53 Iconic WWII island, briefly 54 Unlike idioms 55 Going by, for short 56 Tip for solving in ink? 58 Not in class 60 Mystery award 62 “Constant Craving” singer 63 Carousel item 64 Broody rock genre 65 Long-running forensic series 67 Put more varnish on 69 Owie 70 Not out-ofbounds, as a ball 76 Goals 78 Cost-of-living no. 79 Photo possibilities 80 Bama rival 81 Tightly packed 83 Some leave you powerless 84 Miss, say 85 “Tartuffe” dramatist 86 Foes 87 Cute calendar subjects 91 Caught 92 “Blah, blah, blah,” briefly 93 Tel __ 95 Liszt work 96 Middle Corleone brother 97 Mezzo-soprano Anne __ von Otter 99 Part of a flower 100 Speak 101 “Breaking Bad” toxin 102 Benefits 105 18-Across and family 106 Cholesterol letters 107 Tigers’ home: Abbr. 108 Vardalos of film 109 Bread, for stew