| FEYDEAU | Georges, French dramatist who authored the farce Un fil a la patte (7) |
| ANOUILH | Jean, French dramatist who authored the plays Antigone and Becket (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) |
| IONESCO | Eugene, Romanian-born dramatist who authored The Bald Prima Donna (7) |
| LIDDELL | Gold medallist at the 1924 Olympics who formed part of the inspiration for the 1981 Oscarwinning fil |
| MARLOWE | Christopher ___, poet and dramatist who authored stage plays The Jew of Malta and Edward II (7) |
| ARBUZOV | Alexei, Russian dramatist who authored 1939's Tanya (7) |
| TRAVERS | Ben --, author of the farce 'Rookery Nook' (7) |
| CARRYON | Continue the farce (5-2) |
| SPECIES | 1995 science fiction horror fil featuring Natasha Henstridge (7) |
| SALSIFY | Edible root, eaten cooked - fils, say (anag) (7) |
| FERRELL | Bush fils impersonator Will |
| ANTONINARTAUD | French dramatist who originated the theory of the Theatre of Cruelty (7,6) |
| KYD | Thomas ___, 16th-century English dramatist who authored The Spanish Tragedy (3) |
| FLETCHER | John, English Jacobean dramatist who authored The Wilde Goose Chase (8) |
| OTWAY | Thomas, English dramatist who authored the 1675 play Alcibiades (5) |
| LORCA | Federico Garcia, Spanish poet and dramatist who authored the play Blood Wedding (5) |
| EURIPIDES | Greek tragic dramatist who authored the plays Medea and Hecuba |
| MOLNAR | Ferenc, dramatist who authored the 1909 play Liliom (6) |
| EDMONDROSTAND | French dramatist who romanticised the life of Cyrano de Bergerac (6,7) |
