| LAROUSSE | Pierre ___, 19th-century French lexicographer and encyclopedist (8) |
| LITTRE | Emile, 19th Century French lexicographer best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue francaise (6) |
| BAUDELAIRE | Charles Pierre ___, 19th-century French poet who authored the collection Les Fleurs du mal (10) |
| DIDEROT | Denis -, French philosopher and encyclopedist |
| MALLARME | Stephane _, 19th-century French symbolist poet and critic (8) |
| FOUCAULT | Leon ___, 19th-century French physicist credited with naming the gyroscope (8) |
| DEMUSSET | Alfred ___, 19th-century French poet and dramatist whose plays include Lorenzaccio (2,6) |
| VERLAINE | Paul _, 19th-century French Decadent movement poet (8) |
| DOSPITAL | Pierre ___, rugby union prop whose 1977 France Test debut was against Romania (8) |
| PELADEAU | Pierre _____ (Of printing and publishing fame ) |
| PASTEUR | Louis ___, 19th-century French chemist and microbiologist who created vaccines for rabies and anthrax (7) |
| DAUMIER | Honore ___, 19th-century French painter and lithographer noted for his political and social caricatures |
| COMTE | Auguste _, 19th-century French mathematician and philosopher who founded positivism (5) |
| SUSIEDENT | Countdown's resident lexicographer and Saga columnist (5,4) |
| DICTIONARYCORNER | Part of the Countdown studio that houses a lexicographer and a celebrity guest |
| SUSIE | Countdown lexicographer and Secret Genius star, --- Dent (5) |
| BALZAC | Honore de _, 19th-century French novelist and playwright who wrote La Comedie Humaine (6) |
| SEURAT | Georges ___ (19th-century French painter) |
| DORE | Paul Gustave ___, 19th-century French illustrator of works by Rabelais (4) |
| MERIMEE | Prosper ___ (19th-century French writer) |
