| COCTEAU | Jean ------- (1889-1963), French dramatist, novelist and film director |
| HUGO | French dramatist, novelist and poet who tells the tale of characters Esmeralda and Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (4) |
| WILDE | Dramatist, novelist and poet who wrote Lady Windermere's Fan during a trip to the Lake District in 1891 (5) |
| OSCAR | Forename of a dramatist, novelist, poet and wit who also wrote short stories including The Fisherman and His Soul, The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and The Star-Child (5) |
| SEGAL | Abe ..... , 1958 and 1963 French Championships men's doubles tennis final runner-up (5) |
| BRAQUE | Georges --, 1882-1963, French painter (6) |
| POULENC | Francis ------- (1899-1963), French composer (7) |
| PIAF | Edith -, 1915-1963, French singer (4) |
| WRONGBOX | The ___, 1889 novel by R L Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne (5,3) |
| STOREY | A floor/level of a building; or, the surname of the dramatist/novelist who wrote This Sporting Life (6) |
| RENOIR | Surname of French father and son, respectively famous as artist and film director (6) |
| LIONOFSTMARK | The ___, 1889 novel by G A Henty (4,2,2,4) |
| NEHRU | Jawaharlal ___ (1889-1964), first prime minister of an independent India (5) |
| WITTGENSTEIN | Ludwig ___ (1889 - 1951), Austrian-born philosopher (12) |
| TOYNBEE | Arnold J ___ (1889-1975), English historian (7) |
| EAR | "Self-Portrait With Bandaged ___" (1889 Van Gogh painting) |
| STARRYNIGHT | The ____, 1889 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a scene before sunrise (6,5) |
| BROOK | English theatre and film director who has won Tony and Emmy Awards and the Prix Italia (5,5) |
| PETER | English theatre and film director who has won Tony and Emmy Awards and the Prix Italia (5,5) |
| GENET | Art critic, playwright, and film director Jean |
