| CAREME | Marie-Antoine ___, French chef regarded as the founder of haute cuisine who died in 1833 (6) |
| WATTEAU | Jean-Antoine ___, French painter whose works include 1717's The Embarkation for Cythera (7) |
| NIEPCE | Nicephore ___, French chemist and photographic pioneer who died in 1833 (6) |
| ANNECY | Capital of the French department of Haute Savoie |
| DUPONT | Antoine _, the captain of France's national rugby union team (6) |
| ESCOFFIER | Auguste ___, French chef at London's Savoy Hotel in the last decade of the 19th century |
| EDMUNDKEAN | English actor noted for his Shakespearean roles who died in 1833 (6,4) |
| WILBERFORCE | William ___, Kingston upon Hull-born politician and slave trade abolitionist who died in 1833 (11) |
| LIMOGES | Capital of the French department of Haute-Vienne, formerly noted for enamel work and porcelain |
| TOULOUSE | With culinary specialities including sausages and cassoulet, the capital of Haute-Garonne, known as the "Pink City" (8) |
| KEAN | Edmund, English tragic actor who died in 1833 (4) |
| AUVERGNE | Region of S. central France which includes the department of Haute-Loire (8) |
| PASSTHEAUX | Comment from a would-be car DJ formed by the opposite of "fail" + an anagram of "haute" + X: 3 wds. |
| DECAUNES | Antoine _ _, French TV presenter who co-hosted Eurotrash, (2,6) |
| RISSO | G. Antoine ___ (1777-1845), French-born Italian naturalist after whom the dolphin Grampus griseus is named (5) |
| CAPARISON | Around the home of haute couture they (French) dress, richly (9) |
| SEMENYO | Antoine ___, Ghanaian striker who joined Bournemouth in 2023 (7) |
| BLANC | Raymond _, French chef (5) |
| FRENCHDRESSING | Saucy embellishment of haute couture? (6,8) |
| DRESSAGE | From "training", the equestrian art or discipline of haute ecole (8) |
