| RELATIVECLAUSE | C'est la vie! A rule made for such a phrase in grammar (8,6) |
| ANNUITANT | Allowance must be made for such a person |
| IDIOM | Being stupid I omit to include such a phrase (5) |
| CONTESTS | Study trials made for such competitions (8) |
| STEELYDAN | Classic rockers named for a phrase in William S. Burroughs's "Naked Lunch" |
| COINS | Makes up a phrase in entering the businesses (5) |
| FALA | Part of a phrase in "Deck the Halls" |
| THATSLIFE | If the last's a mess - c'est la vie! (5,4) |
| THECOOKIE | Take me with busty schoolteacher to party? C'est la vie! (5,3,3,3,6,8) |
| THATS | Take me with busty schoolteacher to party? C'est la vie! (5,3,3,3,6,8) |
| CRUMBLES | Take me with busty schoolteacher to party? C'est la vie! (5,3,3,3,6,8) |
| THEWAY | Take me with busty schoolteacher to party? C'est la vie! (5,3,3,3,6,8) |
| PAREE | "As they say in old ___, c'est la vie, c'est la vie" (Sarah Vaughan lyric) |
| ALAS | 'C'est la vie!' |
| SOITGOES | "C'est la vie!" |
| ACCIDENTS | C'est la vie! (9,6) |
| HAPPEN | C'est la vie! (9,6) |
| THATSTHEWAYTHE | With 42-Across, "C'est la vie," or a hint to the progression seen in the corners of this puzzle |
| LIFE | The "vie" in "c'est la vie" |
| BYLAW | A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs. |
