Ode to New Orleans

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Across
  1. 3. 12 PM
  2. 4. Chef _______ Prudhomme
  3. 8. Davis played a NO belle in “Jezebel”
  4. 9. Po-boy is short for this sandwich
  5. 11. Environmental Protection Agency (abbrev.)
  6. 12. Tourists flock to this NO neighborhood (3 words)
  7. 16. Registered Nurse (abbrev.)
  8. 18. Smell
  9. 22. Cajun dish: ___________ fish
  10. 23. Short form of OLD
  11. 24. Santa usually utters this thrice
  12. 26. How to pronounce the French words RUE and ROUX
  13. 27. 1987 Dennis Quaid movie (3 words)
  14. 30. Famous NO concert hall
  15. 31. High School (abbrev.)
  16. 32. ”Beauties” in French
  17. 34. The mighty _______ River
  18. 36. Praline patties resemble _____ brittle
  19. 37. JOYOUS antonym
  20. 39. NO’s annual _____ festival
  21. 40. Cajun (2 words) and rice
  22. 43. Spicy Cajun Stew
  23. 45. Foster (a dessert)
  24. 47. ”Wars” in French
  25. 48. ________ meditation
  26. 50. Cajun _____ croquettes
Down
  1. 1. Filet of _______
  2. 2. NO visitors are liable to grow ______
  3. 5. NO is around 300 ______ old
  4. 6. Chocolate-coffee blend
  5. 7. ”Charlotte’s Web” author (initials) White
  6. 9. Lake_____________ borders NO
  7. 10. ____fish etoufee
  8. 13. Camille, Betsy, and Katrina
  9. 14. Tulane scientists study the ______ virus
  10. 15. ______turtle soup
  11. 17. During Mardi Gras, NO parties like _____
  12. 19. An ____ -dash is longer than a hyphen
  13. 20. File (FEE-lay) is made from ground sassafras _____
  14. 21. Mailed
  15. 22. Feather ________ constrictor
  16. 25. L’_____VIVE means “life-giving water” in French
  17. 28. Emergency Room (abbrev.)
  18. 29. Youth Hostel (abbrev.)
  19. 33. Most tourists visit NO to party, listen to music, and ______
  20. 35. Home of the NO Saints
  21. 37. Enjoy a _______ cup of café au lait
  22. 38. Bread pudding with bourbon sauce is a ______ dessert
  23. 41. Famous place to eat beignets: Café (2 words)
  24. 42. (Hyphenated word) Louisiana Kitchen
  25. 44. Fat Tuesday, or ______ Gras
  26. 46. Embarrassed
  27. 49. Abbrev. for NOMEN NESCIO (Latin for “I don’t know the name”)
  28. 51. The Superdome is ________ to the Sugar Bowl