| JOHNFOWLES | Author of The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| FOWLES | John, Author of The French Lieutenant's Woman (6) |
| FAULKS | Author of the French trilogy consisting of The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray who also penned Jeeves and the Wedding Bells and the James Bond continuation novel Devil May Care (6) |
| STREEP | Star of "The French Lieutenant's Woman" |
| MERYL | Actress Streep of The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| LYMEREGIS | Dorset setting of The French Lieutenant's Woman (4,5) |
| IRONS | Actor who starred in a film version of The French Lieutenant's Woman (5) |
| APOSTROPHE | Character seen towards end of The French Lieutenant's Woman? (10) |
| ARISTOS | The ___; 1964 collection of essays by The Magus and The French Lieutenants Woman author John Fowles (7) |
| WOODRUFF | Surname of the protagonist Sarah in The French Lieutenant's Woman (8) |
| PINTER | Harold -; dramatist who wrote The Birthday Party and The Homecoming and adapted John Fowles' novel The French Lieutenant's Woman to screen (6) |
| DORSET | County that inspired Thomas Hardy to write Far from the Madding Crowd, John Fowles The French Lieutenant's Woman, T. F. Powys Mr. Weston's Good Wine and Ian McEwan On Chesil Beach (6) |
| REGIS | Lyme -; town on the Jurassic Coast that features in John Fowles' novel The French Lieutenant's Woman (5) |
| COBB | The -; breakwater forming a harbour and promenade in Lyme Regis that features in Persuasion and The French Lieutenant's Woman (4) |
| HAROLDPINTER | Playwright who adapted The French Lieutenant's Woman for the big screen (6,6) |
| LYME | ___ Regis, setting for The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| KAREL | Reisz who directed "The French Lieutenant's Woman" |
| SARAHWOODRUFF | The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| FEMME | The French lieutenant's woman? |
| JEREMY | The French Lieutenant's Woman actor, - - - Irons |
