| TAVERNER | Jack embraces French writer and composer (8) |
| SAMARITAN | Helpful person, Old Nick embraces French husband (9) |
| JAMMY | Being blessed with good fortune, bird embraces French Gentlemen! (5) |
| ROUSSEAU | French philosopher, writer and composer |
| SCHUMANN | Noisily goaway with German writer and composer (8) |
| VOLTAIRE | Francois-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778, French writer and historian (8) |
| BRUNHOFF | Jean de _, French writer and illustrator who created Babar the Elephant (8) |
| BEAUVOIR | Simone de ---, 20th Century French author and philosopher (8) |
| RABELAIS | 16th-century French author and humanist, Francois _ (8) |
| OPENVERDICT | Decision reached by writer and composer within month |
| COWARD | Craven writer and composer |
| TOSTI | Famous Italian song writer and composer - "to sit" anagram ? (5) |
| MARQUISDESADE | Cruel and debauched French writer and soldier (7,2,4) |
| HILDEGARDOFBINGEN | 12th century Benedictine abbess, writer and composer, famed for her highly original sacred music (9,2,6) |
| MANHANDLE | Roughly treat German author and composer in speech |
| COCTEAU | French writer and filmA maker, d. 1963 (7) |
| CYRANO | Savinien -- de Bergerac, 1619-55, French writer and dramatist (6) |
| SARTRE | Jean-Paul -, French writer and philosopher |
| HELOISE | French writer and abbess, the lover of Peter Abelard (7) |
| RIVIERE | Jacques ?, French writer and critic; author of 1912 collection Etudes |
