| SUMAC | French novelist recalled tree (5) |
| SUMACHS | Quiet French writer recalled trees (7) |
| DUMAS | French novelist (5) |
| EMILE | Mr. Zola, French novelist who authored Germinal (5) |
| GENET | French novelist spotted in african savannah? (5) |
| CAMUS | Albert, French novelist, dramatist and essayist (5) |
| DEIGN | May condescend to name French novelist , in return (5) |
| VERNE | Jules ___, French novelist (5) |
| DURAS | Marguerite _ _, French novelist, playwright and film-maker (5) |
| ADELE | ___ Daminois, French novelist and playwright (5) |
| GIONO | French novelist 1895-1970, author of The Man Who Planted Trees, Jean ___ (5) |
| SAGAN | Surname of the French novelist whose most famous work is Bonjour Tristesse (5) |
| HAITI | The father of the French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas was born in which present-day country? (5) |
| HUGOS | French novelist Victor, and surnamesakes |
| GUIDE | French novelist entertaining aristocratic conductor |
| NEVER | Cycling French novelist? Certainly not! (5) |
| ANDREGIDE | Confused, reading extremely dense French novelist (5,4) |
| EMILEZOLA | French novelist, author of Germinal (5,4) |
| CAMUSSUMAC | Tree that makes people think like a French novelist? |
| COLETTE | French novelist permitted to reside along French coast (7) |
