| FEYDEAU | Georges, French farceur whose works included La puce a l"oreille (7) |
| TRAVERS | Ben, farceur whose works include Rookery Nook (7) |
| PUCCINI | Giacomo _, Italian composer whose operas included La Boheme and Tosca (7) |
| ARIA | "Chanson de la Puce," e.g. |
| ROUAULT | Georges -, French painter whose works include 1891 oil The Way to Calvary (7) |
| DUHAMEL | Georges, French author of La Chronique des Pasquier (7) |
| BEATRIX | Writer, illustrator, top farceur and snooker player (7,6) |
| EDITRIX | Newspaper worker recalled time with farceur (7) |
| BRIXHAM | Farceur with his initial, poor actor (7) |
| MAGENTA | A chap embraced by mother becomes puce |
| COPPERS | Puces |
| SEURAT | Georges, French painter whose works include Dimanche a la Grande-Jatte (6) |
| BRAQUE | Georges -, French painter whose works include 1911's Clarinet and Bottle of Rum on a Mantelpiece (6) |
| PEND | ___ d'oreille (hanging earring, in French) |
| IDAHO | Lake Pend Oreille is its main boating site |
| GRANDPRIX | High-octane event in which farceur falls under A£1,000 piano (5,4) |
| TRAVERSAL | Crossing a line in pursuit of farceur (9) |
| DELATOUR | Georges -, French Baroque painter whose works include Job Taunted by his Wife and The Dice Players (2,2,4) |
| BRASSENS | Georges -, French singer- songwriter who wrote 1947 novel La lune ecoute aux portes (8) |
| AURIC | Georges ---, French composer who was a member of Les Six (5) |
