| LEBRUN | Court painter to Louis XIV who decorated the Palace of Versailles including the Hall of Mirrors (2,4) |
| LULLY | Court composer to Louis XIV who founded the national French opera (5) |
| BOUCHER | Appointed First Painter to Louis XV in 1765, a principal exponent of the Rococo who decorated parts of royal chateaux including Versailles, Choisy, Fontainebleau and Bellevue (7) |
| OUDRY | French rococo painter and tapestry designer who drew inspiration from the fables of Jean de La Fontaine for his paintings for the apartment of Louis XV's son, the Dauphin, in the Palace of Versailles |
| CHAGALL | Marc ___, Russian-born French painter who decorated the ceiling of the Paris Opera House in 1964 (7) |
| MICHELANGELO | Who decorated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the sixteenth century? (12) |
| MAINTENON | Which part of Paris was the home of the second wife of Louis XIV who was once known as Madame Scarron? (9) |
| NOTRE | Le -; landscape architect who designed the gardens of the Palace of Versailles for Louis XIV (5) |
| VERSAILLES | Former royal palace near Paris that contains the Hall of Mirrors (10) |
| PALACEOFVERSAILLES | In 1919, a post-war treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at this former French royal residence |
| THORNHILL | English baroque artist who decorated the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital (9) |
| LENOTRE | Depicted in Alan Rickman's film A Little Chaos, the French landscape architect who designed the park of the Palace of Versailles (2,5) |
| TRIANON | Word linking with "Petit" or "Grand" for either of two chateaus in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles (7) |
| MIRROR | Any one of the reflective objects found in a kaleidoscope or the "Galerie des Glaces" in the Palace of Versailles (6) |
| PETIT | ___" Trianon; chateau in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles originally meant for Madame de Pompadour that was later given to Marie Antoinette (5) |
| ORANGERY | Glasshouse for citrus trees, bromeliads, orchids, azaleas and other exotic plants, such as that in Kew Gardens or the gardens of the Palace of Versailles (8) |
| ILEDEFRANCE | In which French region are the tourist attractions Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Palace of Versailles and Chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte? (3-2-6) |
| YVELINES | Department in Ile-de-France that is home to the Palace of Versailles (8) |
| COLBERT | French comptroller-general of finances 1661-83; chief adviser to Louis XIV (7) |
| LETAT | "___, c'est moi" (quote attributed to Louis XIV meaning "I am the state" - tres egoiste!) |
