| GARGANTUA | Rabelais giant |
| GARGANTUAN | Adjective meaning 'enormous' based on a giant king created by Rabelais (10) |
| NON | Refusal from Rabelais |
| AISLE | Passage taken from Rabelais letter (5) |
| IGOTOSEEKAGREATPERHAPS | Last words of the poet Rabelais |
| PANTAGRUEL | Novel by French satirist Rabelais |
| ABEL | Rabelais' second son (4) |
| SATIRIST | Rabelais, for one |
| ESPRIT | Wit from Rabelais, mischievous creature sending up English (6) |
| RAISABLE | Rabelais novel that may be exalted (8) |
| UVULARLY | In the manner of Rabelais' first letter in Paris, you enunciated vulgarly, without gravity (8) |
| DORE | Paul Gustave ___, 19th-century French illustrator of works by Rabelais (4) |
| INDELICATE | Rather rude show capturing the core of Rabelais |
| FARCE | "Draw the curtain, the ___ is played" - reputed last words of Francois Rabelais (d.1553) (5) |
| AIRBASE | Rabelais composed line wanting source of flight (3,4) |
| BASIL | Rabelais hasn't got ear of Herb (5) |
| LIES | "Debts and ___ are generally mixed together": Rabelais |
| THEFARCE | "Bring down the curtain, ___" - supposed last words of Francois Rabelais (d1553) (3,5,2,6,3) |
| ISPLAYED | "Bring down the curtain, ___" - supposed last words of Francois Rabelais (d1553) (3,5,2,6,3) |
| OUT | "Bring down the curtain, ___" - supposed last words of Francois Rabelais (d1553) (3,5,2,6,3) |
