| GUSTAVEFLAUBERT | 19th Century French author who wrote Madame Bovary (7,8) |
| FLAUBERT | Gustave -; French novelist who wrote Madame Bovary (8) |
| ZOLA | Influential 19th century French writer who was an outspoken activist for the falsely-accused Alfred |
| CYRANODE | (and 16 down) 17th-century French writer who became the subject of a play and film (6,2) |
| GUYDEMAUPASSANT | Noted French author who appealed specially to gentlemen? |
| LAROCHEFOUCAULD | 17th-century French writer of acerbic epigrams |
| ALAINRENELESAGE | 18th-century French writer of the play Turcaret and the picaresque novel Gil Blas |
| BALZAC | Who was the 19th-century French author of La Comedie Humaine ? (6) |
| FEUILLET | Octave ?, 19th-century French author of novels Dalila and La Petite Comtesse |
| DAUDET | Alphonse, 19th century French author of Lettres de mon moulin (6) |
| GEORGE | 19th century French author, otherwise known as Amantine Dupin (6,4) |
| SAND | 19th century French author, otherwise known as Amantine Dupin (6,4) |
| JULES | First name of 19th-century French author Verne (5) |
| EMILEZOLA | 19th-century French author of Germinal and Nana |
| BAUDELAIRE | 19th-century French author of love poetry (10) |
| RABELAIS | Francois -; French author who wrote the stories about giants Gargantua and Pantagruel (8) |
| SAGAN | Francoise ___ (1935-2004), French author who wrote Bonjour Tristesse (1954) (5) |
| DUMAS | Alexandre ___ (1802 - 70), French author who wrote The Three Musketeers (5) |
| LEROUX | Gaston _, French author who wrote 1910 novel The Phantom Of The Opera (6) |
| MERIMEE | French author who wrote "Carmen," on which the opera is based |
