| FLAUBERT | Gustave - - -, 19th Century French writer best known for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (8) |
| RENEGOSCINNY | French writer best known for the Asterix the Gaul books (4,8) |
| GRAHAMGREENE | His first published novel was The Man Within in 1929 (6,6) |
| GUSTAVEFLAUBERT | French author noted for his novel Madame Bovary published in book form in 1857 (7,8) |
| MERIMEE | Prosper ___, French author best known for his short novel Carmen, on which Bizet's opera was based |
| ACHEBE | Chinua ___, Nigerian author best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart |
| CHINUAACHEBE | Nigerian author best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart |
| DORE | Paul Gustave -, 19th century French illustrator of works by Rabelais (4) |
| MARCELPROUST | French author best known for the novel A la recherche du temps perdu (6,6) |
| ALFVEN | Composer Hugo ____ (1872-1960), was best known for his first Swedish Rhapsody |
| EMMA | First name of the eponymous protagonist of Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary (4) |
| BRAINE | John ___, author best-known for for his first novel, Room at the Top |
| ZOLA | Influential 19th century French writer who was an outspoken activist for the falsely-accused Alfred |
| HUGO | Victor _, 19th-century French writer whose works include the novel Les Miserables (1862) |
| STENDHAL | Pen name of 19th-century French writer Marie-henri Beyle (8) |
| DESTAEL | 19th-century French writer |
| EMILEZOLA | 19th-century French writer (5,4) |
| GEORGE | 19th century French author, otherwise known as Amantine Dupin (6,4) |
| SAND | 19th century French author, otherwise known as Amantine Dupin (6,4) |
| FEUILLET | Octave -, 19th-century French author of novels Dalila and La Petite Comtesse (8) |
