The French Disconnection
Across
1 5 Dropped-jaw stare Like loving caresses Audio units: Abbr. “The Americans” agcy.
First name in erotica
Place for a bootee Seedy motel, say 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 foodstained 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?
Peak in Thessaly Big D cager Annoy
PC linkup Mexican mama bears
Slip away Popular Oahu beach
Dollar for a shot? “Hmm” Dollars for shots? Piles up 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
Of __ mind Qatar’s capital “Snow White” witch’s download? Refine, as ore Stick on the grill
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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 French article whose singular form is “disconnected” from nine puzzle answers Newsroom VIPs Boot protectors Smartphone component
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Full range “That’s __!” Twists
Their pockets aren’t deep Dutch town Geological period Movement at a boring concert? Twin-but-notTwins’ city Half a fitness motto Freezer __ Allow Window hanging Where brownies come together Wasp’s weapon Disc golf “ball” More eccentric WSJ news bit Sets money aside What an X may mark
Arm or chin follower
Bios unread by their honorees Universal Endemic
Neh. and Esth. Penalty callers Ric of The Cars Opinion 39 French word in bios
Home of Elaine, in Arthurian legend Forces fraudulently (upon) Vehicle hired to carry steeplechase horses?
Tip for changing your answer? 61-Across wear Cavalier “My bad” Emotional wounds Iconic WWII island, briefly Unlike idioms Going by, for short Tip for solving in ink?
Not in class Mystery award “Constant Craving” singer Carousel item Broody rock genre Long-running forensic series Put more varnish on
Owie
Not out-of-bounds, as a ball
Goals Cost-of-living no. Photo possibilities Bama rival Tightly packed Some leave you powerless Miss, say “Tartuffe” dramatist
Foes
Cute calendar subjects Caught “Blah, blah, blah,” briefly
Tel __
Liszt work Middle Corleone brother 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.
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