24 November 2016

Crossword by Boffles

The City of Light

Across

    1  The one the literary crowd used to frequent was Les Deux Magots (4)

    2  Its storming was a big day for the French (8)

    8  Matches of the Six take place at the Stade de France (7)

  10  The Seine’s is used to wash the streets (5)

  11  Musical Metro stop (5)

  12  Former First Lady who will not be returning to the Elysee Palace (5)

  14  Gare where the 5dn from London arrives (2,4)

  16  His ‘Faust’ was rejected by its 11ac (6)

  17  If you want big Impressionists, the de l’ Orangerie is the one for you (5)

  19  and 22dn – enigmatic lady to be found in a well-known 17ac (4)

  24  One commemorates Bonaparte, another Moliere (3)

  25  Many artists have flocked to it in the hope it would them (7)

  26  Well- known boulevardier (9)

 

Down

    1  Place where the guillotine stood (8)

    3  Region served by the Gare de l’Est (6)

    4  Symbol of the city on the Champ de Mars designed by Eiffel (5)

    5  What you ride on the Metro (2,5)

    6  Your spending money (4)

    7  Kind of balloon the Montgolfiers used to fly over it (3,3)

    9  Alternative to 1ac served at 1ac (3)

  13  The Tuileries Gardens are to the Louvre (8)

  15  There are some fine examples of this art (7)

  18  One of the biggest was held on the centenary of the storming of 2ac (5)

  20  Soup you need after a night out in Monmartre (5)

  21  There is a grand victory one on the Champs-Elysee (4)

  22  See 19ac (4)

  23  The Sorbonne …  … the Left Bank (2,2)