| ___ Moines (Iowa city) |  |  | 
          
            | Head word of a state capital | Newsday | 30 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | ____ Moines, city in Iowa | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 22 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | O'Connor or Lynam, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 20 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | ____ Moines, city in Iowa | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 12 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines River | LA Times Daily | 06 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines County | USA Today | 29 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Erstwhile Grandstand presenter Lynam | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 27 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 24 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois | LA Times Mini | 21 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Paris's Jardin ___ Tuileries | Wall Street Journal | 11 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 29 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois | LA Times Daily | 26 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | ___ res, attractive home | Puzzler Backwords | 24 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | -- Moines | Premier Sunday | 24 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Commuter | 22 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois | LA Times Mini | 18 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines (home of the Iowa Wolves) | USA Today | 14 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | New York Times | 12 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | ___ res, attractive home | Puzzler Backwords | 06 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | Commuter | 01 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines (Iowa city) |  |  | 
          
            | Runner Linden | Commuter | 18 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Word on Iowa maps |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa's capital that is a major center of the US insurance industry |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines | Thomas Joseph | 10 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | ___ res, attractive home | Puzzler Backwords | 09 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines River | USA Today | 08 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 08 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Word before "Moines" or "Plaines" |  |  | 
          
            | Chap has wish half concealed (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines Art Center (Iowa museum) | USA Today | 29 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines (city in Iowa) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 20 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 18 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 15 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | -- Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 06 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | In a wide sense, he's short (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Marathon runner Linden | USA Today | 31 May 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 28 May 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Chap from Brondesbury central (3) |  |  | 
          
            | - Moines, lowa |  |  | 
          
            | Boston Marathon winner Linden | USA Today | 23 May 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa city whose name means "of the monks" in French |  |  | 
          
            | French for "from" | New York Times | 18 May 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines Register (Iowa newspaper) |  |  | 
          
            | A former host of Match Of The Day, ___ Lynam (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Some trades of the French (3) | Puzzler Cryptic | 04 May 2025 | 
          
            | - Plaines, lowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___Plaines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines (capital of Iowa) |  |  | 
          
            | Iowa capital, - - - Moines | Mirror Tea Time | 29 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | Commuter | 25 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | French article | Premier Sunday | 20 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa's capital that is a major center of the US insurance industry |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 16 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 15 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | "Some" by the Somme |  |  | 
          
            | Part of Iowa's capital |  |  | 
          
            | -- Plaines | Premier Sunday | 30 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | -- Moines | Thomas Joseph | 29 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Galerie ___ Batailles (section of the Palace of Versailles) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ res, attractive home | Puzzler Backwords | 27 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Browne, MP (3) |  |  | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 20 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | -- Moines | Thomas Joseph | 20 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 18 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | -- Moines | Premier Sunday | 16 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Some trades of the French (3) | Puzzler Cryptic | 13 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 11 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | ___ res, attractive home | Puzzler Backwords | 09 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois | LA Times Daily | 09 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | - Plaines, III. |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines | LA Times Daily | 08 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | Commuter | 08 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Mini | 01 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | 2020 British drama miniseries starring David Tennant as a serial killer (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Nice house, - - - res | Mirror Tea Time | 27 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Midwestern US state capital, ... Moines |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | Commuter | 22 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 11 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | ___ res, attractive home | Puzzler Backwords | 09 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Auden's "Musée __ Beaux Arts" | LA Times Daily | 05 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | David Tennant played a serial killer in this |  |  | 
          
            | In France, said to be a day boy? (1,1,1) |  |  | 
          
            | "Moines" or "Plaines" lead-in | Universal | 28 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 28 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | Universal | 24 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 23 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois | LA Times Daily | 22 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | New York Times | 22 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ___ Garcons (label founded by Rei Kawakubo) |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 07 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 01 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Some trades of the French (3) | Puzzler Cryptic | 19 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Some, in Somme | LA Times Daily | 14 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Bloke's name; some, in France | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 12 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | USA Today | 03 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | _ Plaines, Ill. | New York Times | 01 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Wall Street Journal | 30 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | The ___ Moines Register (Iowa newspaper) |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 24 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa's capital |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 20 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | ____ O'Connor, singer and presenter | The Telegraph Mini | 19 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 19 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | New York Times | 18 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | UK crooner who had a popular variety show (___ O'Connor) |  |  | 
          
            | Hotel ___ Roches Noires (Monet painting) |  |  | 
          
            | Big-letter word on an I-35 map north of Kansas City | Newsday | 09 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, IL | Commuter | 07 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Wall Street Journal | 04 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Iowa's capital, ... Moines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | TV | 03 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines (Iowa city) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines (Caitlin Clark's birth city) |  |  | 
          
            | - Moines | Premier Sunday | 27 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Former Countdown host, - - - Lynam | Mirror Tea Time | 26 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Diminutive of Desmond | The Sun Two Speed | 18 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Tyrant banning Pan's man | The Sun Two Speed | 18 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Lead-in to Moines or Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | - Plaines | Thomas Joseph | 12 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Some French for Mr Lynam, former Countdown host (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 11 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines Latino Film Festival | USA Today | 10 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Mr Lynam, ex-sports show host (3) |  |  | 
          
            | AKC breed Bouvier __ Flandres | Newsday | 05 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | Commuter | 02 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois | Commuter | 01 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Lynam, TV presenter (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ____ Lynam, former BBC presenter | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | TV | 22 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | - Plaines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Mini | 20 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 17 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 13 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines | Wall Street Journal | 11 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | New York Times | 09 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines (Iowa's largest city) |  |  | 
          
            | Mr Lynam, sports presenter (3) |  |  | 
          
            | - Plaines | Thomas Joseph | 28 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Man has appetite (not half) (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines (city in 5-Across) |  |  | 
          
            | Marx and Engels article |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | Family Time | 18 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Some trades of the French (3) | Puzzler Cryptic | 15 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Lynam or O'Connor, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 13 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois | Commuter | 08 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | - Moines | Thomas Joseph | 08 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, IA | USA Today | 05 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | ___ O'Connor, comedian (3) |  |  | 
          
            | From, in France; the BBC's Mr Lynam? | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 27 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Galette ___ rois (cake baked for Epiphany) | Wall Street Journal | 24 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | ___ res, attractive home | Puzzler Backwords | 18 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Late English entertainer, comedian and singer, ___ O'connor (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, IL | USA Today | 07 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | ___ res, attractive home (3) | Puzzler Backwords | 30 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Word on the Midwestern capital list | Newsday | 27 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Diminutive of Desmond | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Little man from Cliddesden | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Man in dress at intervals (3) |  |  | 
          
            | - - - Lynam, former Countdown host | Mirror Tea Time | 27 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | His desire lacks passion! (3) |  |  | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Some, in France | New York Times | 16 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | TV's Lynam (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Lynam, TV host (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Lynam, former TV host (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, IA | USA Today | 06 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois | USA Today | 05 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | ___ O'Connor, entertainer (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Entertainment great who made his start as a Red Coat at Butlin's, ... O'Connor |  |  | 
          
            | TV's ___ Lynam (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | From overseas? | LA Times Daily | 25 May 2024 | 
          
            | ____ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa city whose name means "of the monks" in French |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines (Illinois city) |  |  | 
          
            | Mr Lynam, TV and radio presenter (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Midwestern US capital, ... Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Veteran English TV personality, _ O'Connor (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Plaines, Illinois | Commuter | 11 May 2024 | 
          
            | "Of the," abroad | New York Times | 10 May 2024 | 
          
            | Corn Belt capital intro | Newsday | 09 May 2024 | 
          
            | Some French bloke |  |  | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 03 May 2024 | 
          
            | Pamela ___ Barres (famed groupie who wrote the 1987 bestseller "I'm With the Band") |  |  | 
          
            | From, in France | New York Times | 25 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 22 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa's capital that is a major center of the US insurance industry |  |  | 
          
            | Der Ring ___ Nibelungen, Wagner opera cycle (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Man has restricted workspace (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines County Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | His desire has no passion (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Part of the name of Iowa's capital |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa's capital with many insurance companies |  |  | 
          
            | British comedian & singer, ... O'Connor was mercilessly lampooned by his friends Morecambe & Wise |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | - Plaines | Thomas Joseph | 22 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | He robs tyrants of lots of money (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Mr Lynam makes many points (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Fellow from the capital of Iowa (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___. Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 13 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 11 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Veteran broadcaster who briefly hosted Countdown, _ O'Connor (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Former sports presenter and Countdown host, _ Lynam (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Is he a bit desperate? (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowan city that's a major center for insurance companies |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, U.S. city (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Former Countdown presenter Lynam (3) |  |  | 
          
            | The ___ Moines Register | Universal | 22 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | TV's Mr Lynam (3) |  |  | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 20 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Iowa's ___ Moines River |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois | Commuter | 13 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Lynam, presenter (3) |  |  | 
          
            | -- Plaines, Ill. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 09 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Before Moines or Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | NZ rugby league Hall of Famer, - White (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, city in Illinois with a McDonald's Museum |  |  | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Avenue __ Champs-Elysees | Newsday | 28 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 23 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | --- O'Connor, comedian and singer (3) |  |  | 
          
            | Mr Lynam, TV presenter (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | "I come from ___ Moines. Somebody had to." (Bill Bryson) | Universal | 19 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 17 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | - Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Thomas Joseph | 09 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 03 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | "Of the," in French | New York Times Mini | 31 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Linden who won the 2018 Boston Marathon |  |  | 
          
            | Desmond's pet name? |  |  | 
          
            | TV star, --- O'connor |  |  | 
          
            | Bleu ___ Causses (cheese similar to Roquefort) |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines | TV | 24 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 24 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Former sports presenter and one-time Countdown host, _ Lynam (3) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Lynam, former BBC sports presenter |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines | Newsday | 14 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Bouvier ___ Flandres (dog breed) | Wall Street Journal | 14 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 12 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Wall Street Journal | 11 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | - - - Lynam, sports broadcaster and former Countdown presenter (3) |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | — Plaines | Premier Sunday | 03 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Mr O'Connor, entertainer |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 25 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines (city with a skywalk) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa's capital |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | Avenue __ Champs-Élysées | Newsday | 16 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 11 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | The ___ Moines Art Center | USA Today | 30 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | The ___ Moines Register, daily newspaper |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 16 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 16 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | — Moines, Iowa | Premier Sunday | 08 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 11 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 17 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Bleu ___ Causses (cheese) | New York Times | 29 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois | LA Times Daily | 24 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Chicago suburb |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Is overly fond | Wall Street Journal | 20 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 05 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 27 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | Family Time | 25 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines River, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | From overseas? | New York Times | 10 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 26 May 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Peres, suburb of St. Louis | New York Times | 20 May 2023 | 
          
            | Word before "Moines" or "Plaines" | Universal | 04 May 2023 | 
          
            | Some French? | Universal | 23 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 20 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | USA Today | 16 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 14 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 11 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | French article | Premier Sunday | 19 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 19 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 18 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 16 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | — Moines | Thomas Joseph | 23 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines | LA Times Daily | 15 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | — Plaines | Premier Sunday | 12 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Wall Street Journal | 11 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Ill. | New York Times | 29 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | — Moines | Premier Sunday | 29 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Ill | New York Times | 29 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | USA Today | 25 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Television presenter who has hosted Match of the Day, Countdown and Have I Got News For You | The Guardian Weekend | 14 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | — Moines | Thomas Joseph | 13 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | "Moines" lead-in, in Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | USA Today | 31 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Bouvier ___ Flandres (herding dog) | Wall Street Journal | 29 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 21 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Thomas Joseph | 14 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | The ___ Moines Register | USA Today | 07 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 19 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Paris' Avenue __ Champs-Élysées | Newsday | 17 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois | LA Times Daily | 14 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 14 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Paris' Pont ___ Arts | Universal | 09 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | USA Today | 29 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 26 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines (Iowa city) |  |  | 
          
            | Some French? | LA Times Daily | 22 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines (Iowa's capital) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Washington |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 13 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 09 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 06 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 30 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, IL | USA Today | 18 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 17 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | __ Moines | LA Times Daily | 16 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines BCycle | USA Today | 29 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 21 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Tor ___ Geants, annual trail endurance race that is held in Aosta Valley, Italy |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 30 May 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Thomas Joseph | 28 May 2022 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois | LA Times Daily | 25 May 2022 | 
          
            | Tyrants / Patterns | New York Times | 22 May 2022 | 
          
            | — Plaines | Thomas Joseph | 20 May 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | Universal | 18 May 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 13 May 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 12 May 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 30 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 29 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Wall Street Journal | 25 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | The Washington Post | 25 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa | LA Times Daily | 25 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines, Iowa | Premier Sunday | 24 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | French article | Premier Sunday | 10 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | USA Today | 30 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Premier Sunday | 27 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Wall Street Journal | 14 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | New York Times | 07 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 07 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Wall Street Journal | 16 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 06 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Wall Street Journal | 31 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 24 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | Universal | 16 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 31 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | __ Arc, Arkansas | LA Times Daily | 19 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | First word of Iowa's capital | USA Today | 15 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Lead-in to Moines or Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois | Universal | 14 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Paris' Pont __ Arts | LA Times Daily | 10 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | __ Moines | LA Times Daily | 08 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | USA Today | 06 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | The ___ Moines Symphony | USA Today | 01 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | — Moines | Thomas Joseph | 30 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | — Moines | Thomas Joseph | 23 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | New York Times | 31 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Wall Street Journal | 30 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | __ Plaines: Chicago suburb | The Washington Post | 17 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | __ Plaines: Chicago suburb | LA Times Daily | 17 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 04 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Some French? | The Washington Post | 02 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Some French? | LA Times Daily | 02 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Avenue __ Champs-Élysées | Newsday | 26 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Jardin ___ Tuileries (Paris park) | Universal | 22 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | The D in Iowa's DMU | USA Today | 19 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Moines Art Center | USA Today | 15 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | — Plaines | Premier Sunday | 29 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | — Plaines | Thomas Joseph | 21 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 20 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines (Chicago suburb) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Thomas Joseph | 15 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 13 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | First word of the capital of 15-Across | USA Today | 26 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA | Newsday | 06 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | __ Plaines | The Washington Post | 28 May 2021 | 
          
            | __ Plaines | LA Times Daily | 28 May 2021 | 
          
            | Start of some French surnames | New York Times | 30 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | — Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 24 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Paris' Rue __ Martyrs | LA Times Daily | 23 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Paris' Rue __ Martyrs | The Washington Post | 23 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Premier Sunday | 28 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Avenue __ Champs-Élysées | Newsday | 28 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines | Thomas Joseph | 23 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, capital of Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | The ___ Moines Register | Universal | 05 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Three-part British TV series starring David Tennant |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Universal | 01 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | __ Moines | Newsday | 18 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | __ Moines | LA Times Daily | 03 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | __ Moines | The Washington Post | 03 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | ___ Clarke, character from "Neighbours" |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines International Airport | USA Today | 27 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Ill | New York Times | 29 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines River | Universal | 15 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois | USA Today | 09 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | USA Today | 06 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | Paris’s Jardin ___ Plantes | Wall Street Journal | 19 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Word before 'Moines' or 'Plaines' | USA Today | 12 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Word before Moines or Plaines | Jonesin | 01 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa's capital |  |  | 
          
            | Word with "Plaines" or "Moines" | Family Time | 03 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Paris’s Théâtre ___ Champs-Elysées | Wall Street Journal | 11 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, IL | Newsday | 11 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines: Chicago suburb | LA Times Daily | 04 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | __ Plaines: Chicago suburb | The Washington Post | 04 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines (capital of Iowa) |  |  | 
          
            | French surname starter | Universal | 22 May 2020 | 
          
            | — Plaines | Premier Sunday | 10 May 2020 | 
          
            | France's Académie ___ Beaux-Arts | New York Times | 15 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Start of a Midwestern capital's name | Universal | 28 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa (city that was formerly named "Fort Raccoon") |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | USA Today | 20 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Some, along the Somme | Wall Street Journal | 07 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Ill | Family Time | 23 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Some French boy |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa's capital |  |  | 
          
            | — O'Connor, singer | The Times Concise | 06 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Word on the state capital list | Newsday | 19 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Ill | USA Today | 28 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Bleu ___ Causses (French cheese) | New York Times | 20 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Bleu ___ Causses (French cheese) |  |  | 
          
            | — Moines River | Premier Sunday | 17 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | __ Arc, Arkansas | The Washington Post | 08 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | __ Arc, Arkansas | LA Times Daily | 08 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Iowa's ___ Moines River |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines (capital of Iowa) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Risk territory that borders Siberia | New York Times | 26 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Moines intro | Jonesin | 17 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Anatole France’s “L’Île ___ Pingouins” | Wall Street Journal | 21 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois | Universal | 20 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Some: Fr | Newsday | 25 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Parc ___ Princes (Paris stadium) | The Washington Post Sunday | 21 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Paris's Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts | Wall Street Journal | 17 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Paris' Pont __ Arts | LA Times Daily | 10 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Paris' Pont __ Arts | The Washington Post | 10 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | ___ Moines (capital of Iowa) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Lead-in to "Moines" or "Plaines" |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's Jardin ___ Tuileries | New York Times | 28 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines | New York Times | 03 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Montreal's Place ___ Arts | USA Today | 08 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | ___ Moines | Wall Street Journal | 05 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Paris's Jardin ___ Tuileries |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts |  |  | 
          
            | Anatole France's "L'Île ___ Pingouins" |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Ill. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Montreal's Place ___ Arts |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Paris' Pont __ Arts |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 14 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois | Jonesin | 13 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Moines | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois | Wall Street Journal | 08 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | Family Time | 07 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Word in Iowa's capital | USA Today | 21 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Moines lead-in | Premier Sunday | 16 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | "Moines" front | Universal | 14 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Word with Plaines or Moines | Jonesin | 11 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | British entertainer O'Connor | Wall Street Journal | 02 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | -- Moines | Thomas Joseph | 26 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | _ Lynam, presenter | The Sun Two Speed | 19 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Little man from Cliddesden | The Sun Two Speed | 19 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Arc, Arkansas |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | New York Times | 07 May 2018 | 
          
            | Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts | Wall Street Journal | 12 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines | Wall Street Journal | 10 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Dôme ___ Invalides (historic church) | New York Times | 02 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | -- Moines, Iowa | Premier Sunday | 25 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Word before Moines or Plaines | Family Time | 15 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | "Moines" front |  |  | 
          
            | Dôme ___ Invalides (historic church) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts |  |  | 
          
            | British entertainer O'Connor |  |  | 
          
            | Word in Iowa's capital |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines | Premier Sunday | 24 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Paris's Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts | USA Today | 14 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Galerie ___ Glaces (Versailles section) | Wall Street Journal | 07 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | -- Plaines, Illinois | Premier Sunday | 01 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois | Family Time | 18 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Paris's Pont ___ Arts | New York Times | 14 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Paris's Pont ___ Invalides | Wall Street Journal | 07 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Start of a Midwestern state capital name | Wall Street Journal | 02 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines | Universal | 26 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | -- Plaines | Thomas Joseph | 22 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Word in French surnames | USA Today | 30 May 2017 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | -- Plaines | Premier Sunday | 02 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Start of many French surnames | USA Today | 27 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | ''Boulevard __ Capucines'' (Monet painting) | Newsday | 19 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Paris' Palais ___ Sports | USA Today | 18 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Some, along the Somme | New York Times | 08 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Paris's Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts |  |  | 
          
            | Some, along the Somme |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's Pont ___ Arts |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Paris' Palais ___ Sports |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Ill. |  |  | 
          
            | Word in French surnames |  |  | 
          
            | "Moines" or "Plaines" starter | Universal | 27 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | From abroad? | New York Times | 22 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | HГґtel __ Invalides: Paris landmark | LA Times Daily | 19 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | ___ Moines River | The Washington Post | 16 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Montréal's Île ___ Soeurs | New York Times | 24 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Académie ___ Beaux-Arts | New York Times | 17 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | "Plaines" leader | Universal | 29 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Some, in Somme | New York Times | 25 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Jardin ___ Tuileries | The Washington Post | 15 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | __ Plaines River | LA Times Daily | 15 May 2016 | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa | The Washington Post | 07 May 2016 | 
          
            | Paris' Palais __ Sports | Newsday | 28 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | ___ Peres (St. Louis suburb) | New York Times | 21 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Jardin ___ Plantes (Paris botanical garden) | New York Times | 07 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois | LA Times Daily | 24 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | "Moines" or "Plaines" starter |  |  | 
          
            | "Plaines" leader |  |  | 
          
            | Montréal's Île ___ Soeurs |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines River |  |  | 
          
            | Some, in Somme |  |  | 
          
            | Académie ___ Beaux-Arts |  |  | 
          
            | From abroad? |  |  | 
          
            | Jardin ___ Plantes (Paris botanical garden) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines River | Universal | 10 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines River | USA Today | 08 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Paris's Pont ___ Arts | The Washington Post | 08 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Bouvier ___ Flandres (dog breed) | Wall Street Journal | 07 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Only article in a U.S. state capital name | LA Times Daily | 16 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | ___ Moines Register | Jonesin | 03 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | From, in Fabreville | Canadiana | 31 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Start of many French surnames | New York Times | 19 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Some Parisian? | New York Times | 08 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Arles article | Premier Sunday | 19 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Bouvier __ Flandres: herding dog | LA Times Daily | 04 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Some of the French? | New York Times | 02 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Bois-___-Filion (Montreal suburb) | Wall Street Journal | 01 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | -- Moines Register | Premier Sunday | 17 May 2015 | 
          
            | French surname starter | New York Times | 18 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | From overseas? | New York Times | 30 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | Only article in a U.S. state capital name |  |  | 
          
            | Hôtel ___ Invalides (Paris museum complex) |  |  | 
          
            | Bouvier ___ Flandres (dog breed) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Jardin ___ Plantes (Parisian botanical garden) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines River |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines Register |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Arles article |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines River |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's Pont ___ Arts |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Bouvier __ Flandres: herding dog |  |  | 
          
            | Start of many French surnames |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Some Parisian? |  |  | 
          
            | From overseas? |  |  | 
          
            | French surname starter |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines River |  |  | 
          
            | Some of the French? |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant banning Pan's man |  |  | 
          
            | Moines lead-in |  |  | 
          
            | Palais ___ Sports (Paris arena) |  |  | 
          
            | -- Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | __ Arc, Arkansas |  |  | 
          
            | *With 45-Across, Iowa's most populous city |  |  | 
          
            | Moines or Plaines lead-in |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Ill. |  |  | 
          
            | Of the French? |  |  | 
          
            | How some say "some" |  |  | 
          
            | Part of many French surnames |  |  | 
          
            | Paris' École __ Beaux-Arts |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines, IL |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Notre-Dame-___-Champs (Paris Métro stop) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a U.S. state capital name |  |  | 
          
            | <<NO CLUE>> |  |  | 
          
            | Bouvier ___ Flandres (dog breed) |  |  | 
          
            | French preposition |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | France's Académie ___ Beaux-Arts |  |  | 
          
            | Two-time Tony-winning director McAnuff |  |  | 
          
            | Moines preceder |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, WA |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's Parc ___ Princes |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Prefix in some French surnames |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's Avenue ___ Champs-Élysées |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | French article |  |  | 
          
            | Some French? |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Ill. |  |  | 
          
            | École ___ arts |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines Register |  |  | 
          
            | Plaines leader? |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines River |  |  | 
          
            | Bouvier __ Flandres: herding dog |  |  | 
          
            | Chemin ___ Dames (W.W. I battle locale) |  |  | 
          
            | French article |  |  | 
          
            | __ Arc, Arkansas |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | "Der Ring ___ Nibelungen" |  |  | 
          
            | Avenue __ Champs-Élysées |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's Pont __ Arts |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines River |  |  | 
          
            | Start of a Midwestern state capital |  |  | 
          
            | Paris preposition |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's Pont __ Arts |  |  | 
          
            | Moines intro |  |  | 
          
            | "Porte ___ Lilas" (Oscar-nominated 1957 film) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Ia. |  |  | 
          
            | Midwest capital starter |  |  | 
          
            | Montreal's Place ___ Arts |  |  | 
          
            | L'École __ Roches: French private school |  |  | 
          
            | German or French article |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | State-capital starter |  |  | 
          
            | "Moines" or "Plaines" lead-in |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Peres (St. Louis suburb) |  |  | 
          
            | École ___ Beaux-Arts |  |  | 
          
            | "Salon ___ Refusés" (1863 art exhibition) |  |  | 
          
            | "I'm With the Band" author Pamela ___ Barres |  |  | 
          
            | "Moines" lead-in |  |  | 
          
            | North Dakota's ___ Lacs National Wildlife Refuge |  |  | 
          
            | L'École __ Roches: French private school |  |  | 
          
            | Place __ Arts (Montreal music center) |  |  | 
          
            | The ___ Moines Register |  |  | 
          
            | Avenue ___ Champs-Élysées |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | "Der Ring ___ Nibelungen" |  |  | 
          
            | Renaissance composer Josquin ___ Prez |  |  | 
          
            | Jardin ___ Tuileries (Paris landmark) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines River |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, IA |  |  | 
          
            | Moines or Plaines opener |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | "Plaines" starter |  |  | 
          
            | Start of an Iowa city name |  |  | 
          
            | Dollard-___-Ormeaux, Quebec |  |  | 
          
            | Hôtel ___ Invalides (Paris landmark) |  |  | 
          
            | Moines preceder |  |  | 
          
            | Start of a U.S. capital |  |  | 
          
            | -- Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | Composer Josquin ___ Pres |  |  | 
          
            | French article |  |  | 
          
            | Plaines preceder |  |  | 
          
            | Bouvier __ Flandres: dog breed |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Pont __ Arts, Paris |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Moines in Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Bouvier __ Flandres: dog breed |  |  | 
          
            | Moines or Plaines lead-in |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines River |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Tony-winning director McAnuff |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's Palais ___ Congrès |  |  | 
          
            | Tony-winning director McAnuff |  |  | 
          
            | "Let's Spend the Night Together" author Pamela ___ Barres |  |  | 
          
            | Midwest capital starter |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | See 53-Down |  |  | 
          
            | First half of an Iowa city |  |  | 
          
            | Start of a U.S. capital |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines, IA |  |  | 
          
            | Front for Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Jardin ___ Plantes (Parisian botanical garden) |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA |  |  | 
          
            | Plaines preceder |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines, IL |  |  | 
          
            | "L'Académie __ Sciences" |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines Register |  |  | 
          
            | Paris's Pont __ Arts |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Il |  |  | 
          
            | École ___ Beaux-Arts |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Renaissance composer Josquin ___ Prez |  |  | 
          
            | Broadway director McAnuff |  |  | 
          
            | Start of a Midwestern capital |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Arc, Ark. |  |  | 
          
            | Michael ___ Barres |  |  | 
          
            | Plaines preceder |  |  | 
          
            | ____ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, IL |  |  | 
          
            | -- Plaines, IL |  |  | 
          
            | Word with Moines or Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, IA |  |  | 
          
            | From, in France |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Start of a Midwestern capital |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Moliere's "L'ecole ___ femmes" |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moinesian |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Peres (St. Louis suburb) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | First part of an Iowa city |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | École __ Beaux-Arts |  |  | 
          
            | Bouvier ___ Flandres (dog breed) |  |  | 
          
            | Paris' Jardin ___ Tuileries |  |  | 
          
            | Plaines front |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | French surname start |  |  | 
          
            | State capital starter |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines River |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines River |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Ill. |  |  | 
          
            | Marais ___ Cygnes (river in Missouri) |  |  | 
          
            | Dollard-___-Ormeaux, Quebec |  |  | 
          
            | Hotel ___ Invalides (Paris landmark) |  |  | 
          
            | Start of an Illinois city |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | -- Peres, MO |  |  | 
          
            | Café ___ Artistes (noted New York restaurant) |  |  | 
          
            | Irish golfer Smyth |  |  | 
          
            | Word with Plaines or Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Plaines preceder |  |  | 
          
            | Plaines leader? |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | _____ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Tony-winning director McAnuff |  |  | 
          
            | Word in a Chicago suburb |  |  | 
          
            | With 49-Down, Drake University's home |  |  | 
          
            | Pot or pair opener |  |  | 
          
            | With 19A, Drake University locale |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Molière's "L'École ___ Femmes" |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Moliere's "L'ecole ___ femmes" |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Ill. |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Moliere's "L'ecole ___ femmes" |  |  | 
          
            | _____ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | TV host O'Connor |  |  | 
          
            | _____ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | __ Plaines, IL |  |  | 
          
            | Some French? |  |  | 
          
            | First word of many Quebec town names |  |  | 
          
            | _____ Plaines, IL |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Peres, Mo. |  |  | 
          
            | Louisiana's Lake ___ Allemands |  |  | 
          
            | Composer Josquin ___ Prés |  |  | 
          
            | -- Moines |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines, Iowa |  |  | 
          
            | Plains preceder |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | Some, in Paris |  |  | 
          
            | _____ Peres, MO |  |  | 
          
            | Some along the Somme |  |  | 
          
            | Some on the Somme |  |  | 
          
            | _____ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Front for Moines or Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Goethe's "Die Leiden ___ jungen Werthers" |  |  | 
          
            | Composer Josquin _____ Prés |  |  | 
          
            | "Place __ Arts" (Montreal music center) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Allemands  LA |  |  | 
          
            | Jazz pianist Wray ____ |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a U.S. state capital |  |  | 
          
            | Marais ___ Cygnes (Kansas river) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | IIe ___ Pins, New Caledonia |  |  | 
          
            | Plaines leader |  |  | 
          
            | French preposition |  |  | 
          
            | ____ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | ____ Plaines  IL |  |  | 
          
            | ____ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Moines or Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Moines or Plaines opener |  |  | 
          
            | ___Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | TV host O'Connor |  |  | 
          
            | ____ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, IL |  |  | 
          
            | Author-photographer Barlett |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Lacs National Wildlife Refuge |  |  | 
          
            | Moines leader |  |  | 
          
            | ____ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | ____ Plaines  Ill. |  |  | 
          
            | __Moines |  |  | 
          
            | French surname start |  |  | 
          
            | ___Moines |  |  | 
          
            | ____Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Flemish composer ___ Pres |  |  | 
          
            | ___Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Before Plaines or Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Composer___Pres |  |  | 
          
            | Francoise Sagan's "___ bleus a l ame" |  |  | 
          
            | ____ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines  IA |  |  | 
          
            | _____ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Composer Josquin ____ Prés |  |  | 
          
            | TV host O'Connor |  |  | 
          
            | Flemish composer _____ Prés |  |  | 
          
            | _____ Plaines, Ill. |  |  | 
          
            | _____ Plaines, III. |  |  | 
          
            | _____ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Manon's ___ Grieux |  |  | 
          
            | Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Chicago suburb |  |  | 
          
            | The ___ Moines Register |  |  | 
          
            | Moines or Plaines preceder |  |  | 
          
            | Hôtel ___ Invalides, Paris |  |  | 
          
            | See 115 Across |  |  | 
          
            | With 59 Across, Iowa city |  |  | 
          
            | Synthetic estrogen, for short |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Prés, Flemish composer |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines River |  |  | 
          
            | Since, in Savoie |  |  | 
          
            | Philip Wylie character |  |  | 
          
            | "La Valse ___ Toréadors": Anouilh |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines River |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Prés, memorable Flemish composer |  |  | 
          
            | Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts, Paris |  |  | 
          
            | Manon's lover ___ Grieux |  |  | 
          
            | Irish golfer Smyth |  |  | 
          
            | Ecole ___ Beaux Arts |  |  | 
          
            | Plaines or Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Josquin ___ Prés, Flemish composer |  |  | 
          
            | Article with Moines or Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | Jardin ___ Plantes |  |  | 
          
            | Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts, in Paris |  |  | 
          
            | Dice, in Dijon |  |  | 
          
            | Hôtel ___ Invalides |  |  | 
          
            | __ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | From, in Paris |  |  | 
          
            | Of the, in France |  |  | 
          
            | Since, in Paris |  |  | 
          
            | From the: Fr. |  |  | 
          
            | "I'm With the Band" groupie/author Pamela ___ Barres |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines |  |  | 
          
            | Philip Wylie character. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines River |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plains |  |  | 
          
            | École ___ Arts et Métiers |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines River, Wisconsin. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, near Chicago. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines, Illinois. |  |  | 
          
            | Hôtel ___ Invalides. |  |  | 
          
            | Navy escort vessels. |  |  | 
          
            | Of the: French. |  |  | 
          
            | From: French. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Plaines. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines. |  |  | 
          
            | From: Fr. |  |  | 
          
            | French preposition. |  |  | 
          
            | Jardin ___ Plantes. |  |  | 
          
            | Of the: Fr. |  |  | 
          
            | Pont ___ Invalides. |  |  | 
          
            | Boulevard ___ Capucines. |  |  | 
          
            | Since: Fr. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ que (as soon as): Fr. |  |  | 
          
            | Of thee: Fr. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Arc, Arkansas |  |  | 
          
            | Some French |  |  | 
          
            | ___ Moines, Iowa. |  |  | 
          
            | Of the: Fr. | New York Times | 15 Feb 1942 |