| AUGUSTE | First name of the French sculptor Rodin (7) |
| ANATOLE | Pen name of the French novelist famous for the Crime of Sylvester Bonnard, Thais, etc. (7,6) |
| MAURICE | First name of the French composer Ravel (7) |
| JACQUES | First name of the French film director and actor Tati (7) |
| ANTOINE | First name of the French writer de Saint Exuper y (7) |
| DUNKIRK | English name of the French port which saw a mass evacuation of troops in 1940 (7) |
| COLETTE | Pen name of the French novelist who wrote Gigi (7) |
| MOLIERE | Stage-name of the French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-73) |
| BRZESKA | Henri, French sculptor who was the subject of the film Savage Messiah (7-7) |
| GAUDIER | Henri, French sculptor who was the subject of the film Savage Messiah (7-7) |
| MAILLOL | Aristide, French sculptor whose representations of the nude female figure include the 1938 commission L'Air (7) |
| PIGALLE | Jean-Baptiste, French sculptor whose works include the 1744 marble Mercury Attaching his Wings (7) |
| CLAUDEL | Camille _, 20th-Century French sculptor (7) |
| MATISSE | Henri _, French sculptor and painter (7) |
| ISERE | Name of the French ship which delivered the 214 boxes holding the Statue of Liberty |
| FRANCE | Pen name of the French novelist famous for the Crime of Sylvester Bonnard, Thais, etc. (7,6) |
| ERODING | Wearing down French sculptor, say, all round |
| ROPEDIN | Engaged French sculptor to cover training (5,2) |
| LOUIS | Name of the French king executed in 1792 during the French revolution (5) |
| EMILE | First name of the French novelist Zola (5) |
