| 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) |
| BIRDSONG | Novel in Sebastian Faulks' French trilogy with The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Charlotte Gray (8) |
| ECHO | Paris -; the most recent novel by Sebastian Faulks, author whose French trilogy includes The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Birdsong (4) |
| MIAOW | Catty utterance of the girl at the end of the row? |
| IRISH | Nationality of the girl at "75" (5) |
| SEBASTIAN | British author whose novels include Birdsong and Charlotte Gray |
| SEBASTIANFAULKS | English novelist who wrote the historical novels Birdsong and Charlotte Gray (9,6) |
| HISDARKMATERIALS | Philip Pullman trilogy consisting of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass |
| ORESTEIA | Trilogy consisting of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides |
| GIBBON | Author who wrote A Scots Quair - a trilogy consisting of Sunset Song, Cloud Howe and Grey Granite (6 |
| FOWLES | John, Author of The French Lieutenant's Woman (6) |
| JOHNFOWLES | Author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman |
| BOLERO | Seen with Rob at the lion dance (6) |
| DIET | How the girl at the end of the street can lose weight (4) |
| TAKENFORARIDE | Swindled - by the girl at the equestrian centre? |
| LIGHTER | It may be obtained from the girl at the tobacconist's |
| OVAL | Ring the girl at the cricket ground (4) |
| EUGENEIONESCO | 20th-century writer of the French plays Rhinoceros and The Bald Soprano: 2 wds. |
| JEANPAULSARTRE | 20th-century writer of the French plays No Exit and The Flies: 2 wds. hyph. |
| SCANDAL | Christine Keeler was the call-girl at the heart of Britain's political crisis of 1963, the so-called |
