| ETTORI | Jean-Luc ...... , former Monaco and France goalkeeper (6) |
| WENGER | Arsene ......, former Monaco and Arsenal manager (6) |
| NILIS | Luc ..... , former Belgium, Anderlecht, PSV and Aston Villa striker (5) |
| NILLS | Luc ..... . former Belgian international striker whose career ended at Aston Villa in 2000 (5) |
| LLORIS | Hugo ___, Los Angeles FC and 2008-2022 France goalkeeper (6) |
| NICOLE | Grace of Monaco and Lion actress, ... KIDMAN (6) |
| TIGANA | Lyon, AS Monaco and Fulham manager (6) |
| SERENE | _ Highness, style used by the reigning families of Liechtenstein, Monaco and Thailand (6) |
| LEMANS | Town that joins Monaco and Indianapolis as "triple crown of motorsport" venues |
| GODARD | Jean-Luc, film director whose works include Alphaville and King Lear (6) |
| PICARD | Jean-Luc _; Star Trek character (6) |
| AURORA | Watching the dawn with Jean-Luc Ponty in '76 (6) |
| BARTHEZ | Fabien ........ former Manchester United and World Cup-winning France goalkeeper (7) |
| ENGAGE | Jean-Luc Picard's command to jump to warp speed |
| MAOISM | Offshoot of Marxist-Leninist ideology featured in Jean-Luc Godard's "La Chinoise" |
| CINEMA | "Photography is truth. The ____ is truth twenty-four times per second" (Jean-Luc Godard) |
| KARINA | Anna who starred in many of Jean-Luc Godard's early-sixties films |
| JOELBATS | 1983-89 France goalkeeper (4,4) |
| BATS | Joel ___, 1983-1989 France goalkeeper (4) |
| RIVIERA | Coastal region bordering France, Monaco and Italy (7) |