DES

• ___ Allemands LA

• ___ Arc, Ark.

• ___ Arc, Arkansas

• ___ Lacs National Wildlife Refuge

• ___ Moines

• ___ Moines (city mispronounced by a bandmember in This Is Spinal Tap)

• ___ Moines (Iowa's capital)

• ___ Moines IA

• ___ Moines Register

• ___ Moines River

• ___ Moines, home of the Festival Park event center

• ___ Moines, Iowa

• ___ Moinesian

• ___ Peres (St. Louis suburb)

• ___ Peres, MO

• ___ Plaines

• ___ Plaines IL

• ___ Plaines River

• ___ Plaines, Chicago suburb

• ___ Plaines, III.

• ___ Plaines, Illinois

• 'Salon ___ Refus

• 2 Fast 2 Furious actress

• 30 ___ Moines

• 45 Word in many French names

• Arles article

• Author-photographer Barlett

• Avenue ___ Champs-

• Before Plaines or Moines

• Beginning of Troy

• Bouvier ___ Flandres (dog breed)

• Bouvier ___ Flandres: herding dog

• Broadway director McAnuff

• Caf

• Chemin ___ Dames (W.W. I battle locale)

• Composer Josquin ___ Pr

• Composer___Pres

• Contracted French preposition

• Controversial drug

• Der Ring ___ Nibelungen

• Director MacAnuff

• Dollard-___-Ormeaux, Quebec

• Droit ___ gens (international law)

• Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts

• Famous groupie Pamela ___ Barres

• First half of an Iowa city

• First name of Iowa's capital

• First part of an Iowa city

• First word of many Quebec town names

• Flemish composer ___ Pr

• Francoise Sagan's ___ bleus a l ame

• French article

• French preposition

• French some

• French surname start

• From, in France

• From: Fr.

• Front for Moines or Plaines

• Front for Plaines

• German or French article

• Goethe's Die Leiden ___ jungen Werthers

• Hotel ___ Invalides (Paris landmark)

• I'm With the Band author Pamela ___ Barres

• I'm With the Band groupie Pamela ___ Barres

• I'm With the Band groupie/author Pamela ___ Barres

• IIe ___ Pins, New Caledonia

• Irish golfer Smyth

• Jardin ___ Plantes

• Jardin ___ Plantes (Parisian botanical garden)

• Jardin ___ Tuileries (Paris landmark)

• Jazz pianist Wray ___

• Jersey Boys director McAnuff

• L'Acad

• L'Ecole ___ Trois Gourmandes (Julia Child cooking school)

• Let's Spend the Night Together author Pamela ___ Barres

• Louisiana's Lake ___ Allemands

• Marais ___ Cygnes (Kansas river)

• Marais ___ Cygnes (river in Missouri)

• Michael ___ Barres

• Midwest capital starter

• Ministere ___ Finances (Quebec govt. dept.)

• Moines in Iowa

• Moines intro

• Moines lead-in

• Moines or Plaines

• Moines or Plaines lead-in

• Moines or Plaines opener

• Moines or Plaines preceder

• Moines preceder

• Moli

• Moliere's L'ecole ___ femmes

• Montreal's Place ___ Arts

• Musee ___ Beaux-Arts de Montreal

• North Dakota's ___ Lacs National Wildlife Refuge

• Noted rock groupie Pamela ___ Barres

• Of the French?

• Of the: Fr.

• Palais ___ Congres (Montreal Convention Centre)

• Pamela ___ Barres (famed rock groupie and author)

• Paris preposition

• Paris' Jardin ___ Tuileries

• Paris's Palais ___ Congr

• Paris's Parc ___ Princes

• Paris's Pont ___ Arts

• Part of a U.S. capital

• Part of a U.S. state capital

• Place ___ Arts (Montreal music center)

• Place ___ Arts, Montr

• Place name before Plaines or Moines

• Plaines front

• Plaines lead-in

• Plaines or Moines intro

• Plaines preceder

• Plaines starter

• Plains leader?

• Police dept. employees

• Pont ___ Arts, Paris

• Porte ___ Lilas (Oscar-nominated 1957 film)

• Pot or pair opener

• Provence preposition

• Renaissance composer Josquin ___ Prez

• See 115A

• Some along the Somme

• Some French

• Some on the Somme

• Some, in Paris

• Some, the Somme

• Start of a Midwestern capital

• Start of a Midwestern state capital

• Start of a state capital

• Start of an Illinois city

• State capital starter

• Super groupie Pamela ___ Barres

• The ___ Moines Register

• Theater's McAnuff

• Tommy producer McAnuff

• Tony-winning director McAnuff

• TV host O'Connor

• Venice's ___ Palace

• West ___ Moines

• Word before Moines or Plaines

• Word in a Chicago suburb

• Word with Moines or Plaines

• Word with Plaines or Moines

• Formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy

• A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

• Synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen

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