| YVELINES | Department in Ile-de-France that is home to the Palace of Versailles (8) |
| VERSAILLES | Royal chateau built for Louis XIV in Ile-de-France that adjoins the estate on which the Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon palaces were built (10) |
| CUBA | Nation that's home to the Palace of the Revolution |
| KNOSSOS | Cretan city, home to the Palace of Minos (7) |
| MADRID | Spanish home to the Palace of Moncloa |
| 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) |
| FOUNTAIN | Water feature such as Bassin d'Apollon at the Palace of Versailles or Jet d'Eau in Geneva; or, a heraldic roundel with wavy blue and white stripes (8) |
| NORMANDY | Region of northern France that is divided into five departments (8) |
| LEBRUN | A founding member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture noted for his paintings on the ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles (2,4) |
| PARIS | Emily in ___ (Netflix series filmed in Ile-de-France) |
| CROISSY | Commune in the Ile-de-France region that is home to the British School of Paris (7-3-5) |
| 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 |
| JOIE | Elation, in Ile-de-France |
| EGAL | Equal, in Ile-de-France |
| BLAKE | Poet whose line "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" is quoted in "Bull Durham" |
| 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) |
| ESSONNE | Department in the Ile-de-France region named after a river which is a tributary of the Seine (7) |
| CAEN | Industrial city in NW France that is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region |
| MIRROR | Any one of the reflective objects found in a kaleidoscope or the "Galerie des Glaces" in the Palace of Versailles (6) |
| THESEINE | Ile de la Cite site |
