| FRAGONARD | Jean-Honore, painter whose works include 1773's A Shaded Avenue (9) |
| LLAMA | Animal going over a shaded avenue (5) |
| MALL | Shaded avenue (4) |
| FRENCHLIT | Class whose topics might stretch from Honore de Balzac to Houellebecq |
| THELILYOF | 1835 novel by Honore de Balzac (3,4,2,3,6) |
| MALLET | A polo stick found in a shaded walk by an alien |
| DAUMIER | Honore ___, French painter whose works include 1863's The Laundress (7) |
| PERGOLA | Plant support providing a shaded walkway (7) |
| SHADOW | A shaded area (6) |
| BALZAC | Honore de -, the French novelist whose works include La Cousine Bette, Le Cure De Tours and Le Pere Goriot (6) |
| WILDASSSSKIN | "The ... ... ...", Honore de Balzac novel whose central character is Raphael (4,4,4) |
| UNEMOTIONAL | "Musicians are seldom ____; a woman who could sing like that must know how to love indeed" (Honore de Balzac) |
| URFE | Honore d'-; author whose 17th-century pastoral L'Astree is considered the first French novel (4) |
| COUSINBETTE | 1998 film starring Jessica Lange in the title role, based on a Honore de Balzac novel (6,5) |
| LAWSARESPIDER | Start of an Honore de Balzac observation |
| LOVE | 'Poetry of the senses,' per Honore de Balzac |
| LABOURSE | Short story by Honore de Balzac, anglicised as The Purse |
| RUES | Faubourg Saint-Honore and Rivoli, e.g. |
| EUGENIE | 1833 novel by Honore de Balzac (7,7) |
| GRANDET | 1833 novel by Honore de Balzac (7,7) |
