| IONESCO | Eugene, Romanian-born French dramatist who was associated with the Theatre of the Absurd (7) |
| HECHT | Ben ___, dramatist who was the first screenwriter to receive an Oscar for Original Screenplay |
| IBSEN | Dramatist who was successful in exposing glib sentimentality (5) |
| ECHT | Authentic dramatist who was German, not British |
| SEKHMET | In Egyptian religion, she was a goddess of war and the destroyer of the enemies of the sun god Re. She was associated both with disease and with healing and medicine. She was the companion of the god |
| EUGENEIONESCO | Romanian-French dramatist associated with the Theatre of the Absurd; The Bald Prima Donna (1950) (6,7) |
| SURGEON | Foremost of stars to encourage person associated with the theatre (7) |
| MOLIERE | Pen name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, the French dramatist who wrote Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, The School for Wives and The Bourgeois Gentleman (7) |
| TAILEND | The last part of it was associated with Charlie in WWII (4,3) |
| DOYLE | Conan -; author of the Sherlock Holmes novels and Sir Nigel who was associated with the Cottingley Fairies (5) |
| TEDIOUS | Eugene -, Romanian dramatist whose stage works include Exit the King and Rhinoceros (7) |
| ANOUILH | Jean, French dramatist who authored the plays Antigone and Becket (7) |
| FEYDEAU | Georges, French dramatist who authored the farce Un fil A la patte (7) |
| HANDBAG | Thatcher was associated with one worker getting sack (7) |
| TRUMPET | Which instrument was associated with jazz musician Humphrey Lyttelton? (7) |
| SCARAB | In ancient Egyptian religion, this is an important symbol in the form of the dung beetle. This beetle was associated with the divine manifestation of the early morning sun, Khepri, whose name was writ |
| SATIE | Gymnopedies composer who was associated with the group Les Six (5) |
| OAK | According to tradition, what tree was associated with the god of thunder because it was thought to be the tree most likely to be hit by lightning? (3) |
| TZARA | Tristan ___ (1896-1963) Romanian-born French poet who was one of the founders of the Dada movement (5) |
| ANTONINARTAUD | French dramatist who originated the theory of the Theatre of Cruelty (7,6) |
