| LULLY | Jean-Baptiste -, French baroque composer of Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, with text by Moliere (5) |
| UPSTART | Leading way with e.g. drama in Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme? |
| MOLIERE | "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" playwright |
| OPERA | Musical drama with text by John Gay (7,5) |
| REBEL | French Baroque composer's dance enthralling British (5) |
| HENRY | Baroque composer of Dido and Aeneas, etc. (5,7) |
| RAVEL | Composer of Le Tombeau de Couperin and La Valse |
| PUGET | Pierre ___ (1620-94), French Baroque painter and architect (5) |
| EMEND | Make corrections or improvements in a text by editing. (5) |
| TANYA | Hasidic text by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi |
| ONWAR | Classic military text by Carl von Clausewitz |
| CALLMEMADAM | 1950 Irving Berlin Broadway musical with text by Lindsay and Crouse (4,2,5) |
| LAMARCK | Jean-Baptiste ---, French naturalist who outlined a theory of organic evolution in the 19th Century (7) |
| BEGGARS | Musical drama with text by John Gay (7,5) |
| RAMEAU | Jean-Philippe -, French Baroque composer |
| COUPERIN | Francois ___, French Baroque composer noted for his harpsichord suites and organ music |
| RACINE | Jean Baptiste, French dramatist whose plays include Ph dre (6) |
| PIGALLE | Jean-Baptiste -, French sculptor whose works include 1744 marble Mercury Attaching his Wings (7) |
| MONDINO | Jean-Baptiste, French fashion photographer (7) |
| FRANCK | Liege-born composer of Le Chasseur maudit in 1882 (6) |
