| _____ Plaines, Ill. | 19 |
| _____ Plaines, III. | 19 |
| _____ Plaines | 13 |
| ____ Plaines Ill. | 18 |
| ____ Plaines | 12 |
| ___ Prés, memorable Flemish composer | 39 |
| ___ Plains | 10 |
| ___ Plaines, IL | 15 |
| ___ Plaines, Chicago suburb | 27 |
| ___ Moinesian | 13 |
| ___ Moines, IA | 14 |
| ___ Lacs National Wildlife Refuge | 33 |
| ___ Arc, Arkansas | 17 |
| __ Moines, Iowa | 15 |
| Moliere's ''L'ecole ___ femmes'' | 57 |
| Infamous Marquis | 16 |
| Notorious marquis | 17 |
| Marquis name | 12 |
| Marquis ___ | 11 |
| Noted libertine | 15 |
| Name linked with cruelty | 24 |
| Marquis of note | 15 |
| Marquis of literature | 21 |
| Marquis _____ | 13 |
| Marquis ___ ("Justine" author) | 40 |
| Marquis __ | 10 |
| Infamous libertine Marquis ___ | 30 |
| Infamous French soldier | 23 |
| He wrote "The only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment" | 85 |
| He called wedlock "The most loathsome of all the bonds humankind has devised" | 87 |
| French erotica writer | 21 |
| "The Crimes of Love" author Marquis ___ | 49 |
| "The Crimes of Love" author | 37 |
| "The 120 Days of Sodom" author | 40 |
| "No pain, no gain" advocate? | 38 |
| "Les 120 Journées de Sodome" author | 48 |
| "Justine" novelist | 28 |
| "Justine" author, 1791 | 32 |
| "Justine" author Marquis ___ | 38 |
| "In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice" speaker | 87 |
| Fam. tree member | 16 |
| Offspring: Abbr. | 16 |
| Genealogical abbr. | 18 |
| Invoice column hdg. | 19 |
| Progeny: Abbr. | 14 |
| Family tree listing: Abbr. | 26 |
| Dau., e.g. | 10 |
| Scion: Abbr. | 12 |
| One with an ancestor: Abbr. | 27 |
| Offspring: Abbr | 15 |
| Offspring, genealogically: Abbr. | 32 |
| Offspring, genealogically (abbr.) | 33 |
| Jr., for one | 12 |
| Jr., e.g. | 9 |
| Invoice column after "Qty." | 37 |
| Grandson, e.g.: Abbr. | 21 |
| Genealogy abbr. | 15 |
| Family tree label, for short | 28 |
| Family tree fig. | 16 |
| Fam. tree label | 15 |
| Child or grandchild, say: Abbr. | 31 |
| Ancestor's opp. | 19 |
| An Edomite, to Esau: Abbr. | 26 |
| Abel, vis-Ã -vis Adam: Abbr. | 30 |
| Melody above the theme | 22 |
| Comment at length | 17 |
| Musical counterpoint | 20 |
| Decorative melody added above a simple musical theme | 52 |
| Comment expansively | 19 |
| Added upper melody | 18 |
| Philosopher René | 19 |
| He fathered analytical geometry | 31 |
| Cogito ergo sum man | 19 |
| Cartesians are his followers | 28 |
| "Cogito ergo sum" philosopher | 39 |
| 'I think, therefore I am' thinker | 41 |
| Get down | 8 |
| Alight | 6 |
| Rappel down | 11 |
| Slope downward | 14 |
| Reduce one's altitude | 25 |
| Prepare to land | 15 |
| Pounce (upon) | 13 |
| Drop, as a testicle | 19 |
| Climb down | 10 |
| Be patronizing | 14 |
| Extraction | 10 |
| Heritage | 8 |
| Rocket maneuver | 15 |
| Mountain climber's return | 29 |
| Fear Factory song that goes down? | 33 |
| Start of a trip in a bathysphere | 32 |
| Second half of a mountaineer's trip | 39 |
| Rappelling | 10 |
| Landing preceder | 16 |
| Landing element | 15 |
| Half of a mountaineering expedition | 35 |
| Downward slope | 14 |
| Downward path | 13 |
| Downward inclination | 20 |