| ELEANOR | --- of Aquitaine, Queen consort of Louis VII of France (7) |
| ANTOINETTE | Marie-___ (1755-93), queen consort of Louis XVI of France (10) |
| SUICIDEKING | Card representing Charles VII of France |
| LUMIERE | Surname of the French motion-picture pioneers Auguste and Louis (7) |
| DREYFUS | Elaine in Seinfeld, Julia Louis ... (7) |
| THEROUX | English journalist famous for his documentaries, Louis - (7) |
| GATEWAY | The - - - Arch, prominent landmark in St Louis (7) |
| PASTEUR | Finished taking money mostly from French chemist Louis (7) |
| MATILDA | 12th century queen consort of King Stephen of England (7) |
| VUITTON | French fashion house, Louis ... (7) |
| CAMILLA | Former Duchess of Cornwall, now Queen Consort of the UK |
| VINCENT | Old name for an area that includes parts of the French regions of Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrenees (7) |
| HENRYII | Husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine (5,2) |
| FLEURDELIS | Heraldic emblem borne upon the royal arms of France from the time of Louis VII (1137-80) (5-2-3) |
| MCLI | Year in the reign of Louis VII |
| MCLX | Year in the reign of Louis VII |
| MCLXI | Year in the reign of Louis VII |
| SUGER | Advisor to both Louis VI and Louis VII whose supervision of the rebuilding of Saint-Denis as its abbot was key in the development of the Gothic architectural style (5) |
| GUISE | Mary of ---, queen consort of James V of Scotland and mother of Mary, Queen of Scots (5) |
| MARY | --- of Guise, queen consort of James V of Scotland and mother of Mary, Queen of Scots (4) |