| MONSIEURLECOMTE | Byname of Louis de Bourbon, enemy of Richelieu |
| DARTAGNAN | Fictional foe of Richelieu |
| BONAPARTE | Bourbon enemy |
| GALLICA | An ancient or old-fashioned variety of fragrant bloom, such as the blush-pink Duchesse d'Angouleme, the cassis Cardinal de Richelieu or the crimson apothecary's rose, aka Officinalis or red rose of La |
| OCTANS | One of the instruments after which Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille named constellations; or, oneeighth of a circle's circumference (6) |
| ROSARY | 'The Secret of the --', book by St Louis de Montfort (6) |
| CAPTAINCORELLISMANDOLIN | 1993 novel by Louis de Bernieres set on the island of Cephallonia |
| CRANBERRY | Saint-louis-de-blandford, Quebec town known as 'The ___ Capital of Canada' |
| CORELLI | Captain _____, eponymous hero of a novel by Louis de Bernieres (7) |
| ODESSA | Ukrainian city with the Potemkin Stairs and a statue of Duc de Richelieu (6) |
| ENRICH | Improve quality of garden Richelieu used to some extent |
| JULESMAZARIN | Cardinal who succeeded Richelieu as chief minister to Louis XIII |
| LANDSAT | The byname of Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS), any of a series of uncrewed U.S. scientific satellites, the first of which were launched in 1972, 1975, and 1978 to collect information about |
| BROGLIE | Louis de -; French physicist who contributed towards the formulation of quantum theory (7) |
| NORMA | One of the constellations named by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille after scientific instruments (5) |
| MONTESQUIEU | Charles-Louis de Secondat |
| CAPTAIN | 1994 novel by Louis de Bernieres (7,8,8) |
| RED | 2001 novel by Louis de Bernieres (3,3) |
| MANDOLIN | Captain Corellis _; novel set in Cephalonia by Louis de Bernires (8) |
| APARTISANSD | See 62008 novel by Louis de Bernieres |
