| ORLEANS | Maid of ___ , nickname of French national heroine Joan of Arc (7) |
| SPARROW | The Little ____, nickname of French singer Edith Piaf |
| OFARC | 15th century French national heroine, Joan ... (2,3) |
| RAGTIME | King Of ____ , nickname of U.S. composer and pianist Scott Joplin born in 1868 (7) |
| RUSSELL | Swishing sound after the end of French national 25Ac star (4,7) |
| ARC | Joan of --, French national heroine burnt at the stake in 1431 (3) |
| IRELAND | Ignis fatuus, the fair maid of ___ |
| ASTOLAT | The lily maid of ___ (Elaine, to Tennyson) |
| MAIDOFORLEANS | Nickname of a French national heroine, c1412-1431 (4,2,7) |
| JOANOFARC | French national heroine and saint nicknamed 'The Maid of Orleans' |
| AVON | The Swan Of ____, nickname of William Shakespeare reputedly invented by Ben Jonson (4) |
| SHOPS | Queen Of ____, nickname of retail consultant Mary Portas (5) |
| OMAHA | The Wizard of ___ (nickname of Warren Buffett) |
| JOAN | ___ of Arc, peasant girl and national heroine of France (4) |
| FINN | Swishing sound after the end of French national 25Ac star (4,7) |
| CORPORAL | The Little ____ , a nickname of French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte (8) |
| ROUGETDE | Claude Joseph ?, composer of French national anthem La Marseillaise |
| REVOLUTION | Cycling event that's part of French national identity |
| ROUGETDELISLE | Claude Joseph ?, composer of French national anthem La Marseillaise |
| LISLE | Claude Joseph ?, composer of French national anthem La Marseillaise (6,2,5) |