| CAREME | Marie Antonin, French chef regarded as the founder of haute cuisine (6) |
| ARTAUD | Antonin --, French stage director and dramatist (6) |
| FERMAT | 17th-century French mathematician regarded as the founder of modern number theory (6,2,6) |
| MARTIN | German reformer, usually regarded as the founder of Protestantism (6,6) |
| LUTHER | German reformer, usually regarded as the founder of Protestantism (6,6) |
| ANNECY | Capital of the French department of Haute Savoie |
| LISTER | Joseph --, regarded as the founder of antiseptic surgery (6) |
| ERNEST | Rutherford who's regarded as the founder of nuclear physics |
| HERBES | "Fines ___" ("haute cuisine" seasoning) |
| TOQUES | Hats for haute cuisine chefs |
| PIERREDE | 17th-century French mathematician regarded as the founder of modern number theory (6,2,6) |
| ANTISTHENES | Athenian philosopher in the time of Socrates regarded as the founder of the Cynic school (11) |
| THESPIAN | Word, from the name of the Greek poet regarded as the founder of tragic drama, for an actor (8) |
| THESPIS | Greek poet of the 6c B.C. regarded as the founder of tragic drama (7) |
| LIMOGES | Capital of the French department of Haute-Vienne, formerly noted for enamel work and porcelain |
| TOULOUSE | Capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne (8) |
| SCARLATTI | Surname of father and son Italian composers, the father being regarded as the founder of modern opera (9) |
| NICOLASCARNOT | Who is regarded as the founder of thermodynamics, publishing his theories in Reflections on the Moti |
| OSMAN | I is regarded as the founder of the Ottoman Empire (5) |
| STAMITZ | Johann ?, 18th-century composer and violinist regarded as the founder of the Mannheim School (7) |
