| MONTPARNASSE | 21D wrote a poem about this part of Paris, then a haunt of writers and artists (12) |
| BLOOMSBURY | Which London district lends its name to a "set" of writers and artists which included Virginia Woolf? (10) |
| EASTSIDE | Is teased about this part of New York (4, 4) |
| PRISE | Force the way into most of Paris then go East |
| STEIN | Surname of American writer and eccentric; her Paris home was a salon for leading writers and artists between the two world wars (5) |
| TANTPIS | Time opponents seized leadership of Paris, so much the worse for Hollande (4,3) |
| ROMPED | Wrote a poem about a road on which I played in a lively manner |
| POE | Poet who wrote a poem about a talking raven |
| ENDYMION | Keats wrote a poem about him |
| SEINE | River which flows through Paris, then north-west through France to the English Channel (5) |
| ICINESS | Distance from here to Paris, then Cape |
| LATINQUARTER | Centre for students and artists on south bank of River Seine in Paris (5,7) |
| DEN | A cave, lair or valley; a secret hideout; a private room for study or relaxation; or, a haunt of iniquity (3) |
| DEMON | He has a fiendish way of working in a haunt of vice (5) |
| MONTMARTRE | Paris suburb which was a haunt of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Picasso and van Gogh (10) |
| THESEAGULL | Chekhov drama about a group of writers and performers |
| TORTUGA | Island in the Caribbean off the NW coast of Haiti that was formerly a haunt of pirates (7) |
| PLAYLIST | A set of songs, albums and artists that a radio station broadcasts (8) |
| EDGARALLENPOE | Who wrote a poem in which a raven constantly cries "Nevermore"? (5,5,3) |
| UNOPENED | Organisation has nothing on couple of writers and that's sealed (8) |
