| MOMMSEN | Other half of US pop duo kicking off meeting, standing in for French historian |
| EVERLYBROTHERS | Always extremely lively meeting relatives of old US pop duo (6,8) |
| KALIN | US pop duo who topped the UK charts with When in 1958, the _ Twins (5) |
| AUGMENT | Increase, in the height of summer, number of people standing in for us |
| SCHLESINGER | School performer entertains the French historian in the United States (11) |
| BLOCH | Marc ___, French historian and resistance fighter murdered in 1944 (5) |
| THAN | In Stuttgart, French historian mistaken? So said 16! (5,2,8,4,7) |
| FICTION | In Stuttgart, French historian mistaken? So said 16! (5,2,8,4,7) |
| STRANGER | In Stuttgart, French historian mistaken? So said 16! (5,2,8,4,7) |
| TRUTHIS | In Stuttgart, French historian mistaken? So said 16! (5,2,8,4,7) |
| ABBA | "One of Us" pop group |
| DAVYJONES | English member of US pop act The Monkees, who sang lead vocals on such hits as Daydream Believer (4,5) |
| WARHOL | Surname of US pop artist Andy (6) |
| KNOWLES | Surname of US pop singer Beyonce (7) |
| MAKER | One that most people would prefer to put off meeting? |
| CALLEDTOORDER | Kicked off meeting after feeling a monkish vocation (6,2,5) |
| DATEPALM | Potential partner and friend kick off meeting with fruit supplier |
| CARLYLE | Carly and the French historian Thomas (or the Scottish actor, Robert) (7) |
| ADJOURN | Temporarily break off (meeting) (7) |
| CEDRIC | ...cried off meeting conservative fellow |
