| DUBUFFET | Jean, French painter whose works include 1961's Bonne Mine (8) |
| PETERBLAKE | British Pop Art painter whose works include 1961's The First Real Target? (5,5) |
| NOLAND | Kenneth, US Abstract Expressionist artist whose works include 1961's Turnsole (6) |
| COLTRANE | John, saxophonist whose signature pieces included 1961's My Favourite Things (8) |
| VERLAINE | French writer of the 1870 collection of poems La Bonne Chanson (8) |
| GROS | Antoine-Jean ", French painter whose works include 1827 oil Dr Vignardonne (4) |
| INGRES | Jean -, French painter whose works include 1862's The Turkish Bath (6) |
| DELICACY | Bonne bouche |
| MARZIPAN | Sugary paste of ground almonds that is rolled thin to coat an apricot jam-covered Christmas cake; or, a bite-sized bonne bouche, delicacy, fancy or fruit-shaped fondant made of said amygdalate confect |
| MILLS | British actress whose films include 1961's The Parent Trap, Hayley _ (5) |
| CLARKGABLE | Actor whose final film role was in 1961's "The Misfits" |
| JULIACHILD | She wrote 1961's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" (2 wds.) |
| TONY | ____ Hancock, English comic whose films included 1961's The Rebel (4) |
| ANNEE | "Bonne ___!" ("Happy New Year!" in French) |
| NUIT | "Bonne ___" (French send-off) |
| HEURE | De bonne ___ (early, in French) |
| CHUBBYCHECKER | 1961's "Let's Twist Again" singer |
| DORA | Actress who appeared in 1961's A Taste of Honey, ---- Bryan (4) |
| HEPBURN | Star of 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's, Audrey ------- (7) |
| HELLER | Joseph ___, US author of novels including 1961's Catch-22 (6) |
