| LAROUSSE | Pierre, French lexicographer noted for his dictionary (8) |
| LITTRE | French lexicographer noted for his Dictionnaire de la langue francaise (6) |
| WEBSTER | Noah ___, US lexicographer noted for his dictionary |
| NOAHWEBSTER | US lexicographer noted for his American Dictionary of the English Language (1828) (4,7) |
| FLORIO | Linguist and lexicographer remembered for his dictionary published in 1598 entitled A World of Words (6) |
| ROGET | Peter ___, English doctor, writer and inventor remembered known for his dictionary of synonyms known as the Thesaurus (5) |
| CARR | Author of novels including A Day in Summer and A Month in the Country who published his Dictionary of Extraordinary English Cricketers under his imprint The Quince Tree Press (4) |
| NOAHSATWORK | "Mr. Webster isn't home, he's compiling his dictionary"? |
| CURIE | Pierre ---, French physicist and chemist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife and fellow countryman Henri Becquerel (5) |
| GASLY | Pierre, French Formula One motor racing driver who joined Alpine for the 2023 season (5) |
| MENDEZFRANCE | Pierre, French Prime Minister 1954-55 (6-6) |
| DECOUBERTIN | Pierre --- ---, French founder of the modern Olympic Games (2,9) |
| CORNEILLE | Pierre --, French dramatist (1606-84) (9) |
| BOULLE | Pierre, French author of The Bridge Over The River Kwai (6) |
| CARDIN | Pierre -, French couturier (6) |
| LAVAL | Pierre, French premier and minister of foreign affairs 1935-36 (5) |
| MENDESFRANCE | Pierre -, French prime minister from 1954-55 (6-6) |
| EMILE | French lexicographer Littre |
| BOULEZ | Pierre -; French classical composer and conductor who led the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1971-75 (6) |
| JEANDAT | Jean-pierre, French racer who campaigned the machine from RMC in the 1990s. (7) |
