| MONTESPAN | Marquise de ___; a mistress or maitresse-en-titre of Louis XIV (9) |
| MAINTENON | Marquise de ___ (Louis XIV's second wife) |
| SEVIGNE | Marquise de ___ (chocolate shop in Paris) |
| IDEE | ___ maitresse (leading idea) |
| COURTESAN | Mistress or prostitute (9) |
| POMPADOUR | Hairstyle associated with a mistress of Louis XV (9) |
| CHOCOLATE | Ingredient derived from roasted, ground cacao beans, used for recipes including mousse, Sachertorte, marquise and truffles (9) |
| ROISOLEIL | Nickname of Louis XIV |
| CONCUBINE | Firm new figure, take in as a mistress (9) |
| KEPTWOMAN | A mistress, colloquially |
| TESTER | Historically, a person employed to prove the innocuousness of food by eating it before serving it to their master or mistress; or, a little cup for a person who is sampling wine (6) |
| SCARRON | Master of the burlesque whose wife, Francoise d'Aubigne, became marquise de Maintenon, when she later secretly married Louis XIV (7) |
| MOUSSE | Bubbly mass at the top of a coupe or flute of champagne; or, a marquise-like pudding (6) |
| AGNES | Forename of the "Lady of Beauty" of the Chateau de Loches who was a mistress of Charles VII and first official favourite of a French king (5) |
| CASSIS | Creme de ____, a syrupy blackcurrant liqueur, a speciality of Burgundy (6) |
| BECHAMEL | A thick white sauce named after a steward of Louis XIV of France |
| MME | Title for the Marquise de Pompadour, for short |
| SUNKING | 'The --' was a nickname of Louis XIV of France (3,4) |
| GWYN | One of the spellings of the surname of an orange-seller who became a leading actress at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and a mistress of Charles II (4) |
| NAVETTE | A marquise-like sparkly gem or jewel, whose name and elegant boat-like cut recall a tiny ship (7) |
