| NAPOLEONIC | Relating to a famous figure in French history (10) |
| LEGEND | Foot perhaps is a famous figure |
| ROBESPIERRE | King honours Curie, perhaps, a leading figure in French history |
| EIFFEL | Towering figure in French history |
| KITCHENER | Nick three fragments to make famous figure in 4 |
| ICONIC | Very famous figure in charge (6) |
| FIVE | Famous figure in fiction (4) |
| DICKENSIAN | Relating to a famous 19th-century novelist (10) |
| COPERNICAN | Relating to a famous Polish astronomer |
| WHITEHORSE | Famous figure carved into a hill at Uffington, Oxfordshire (5,5) |
| DANCEOFTHE | Third movement in a pas de deux from Act 2 of an 1892 ballet, set to a famous piece of music (5,2,3,5,4,5) |
| REIGNOFTERROR | Referring to, or about, a period in French history |
| DELPHIC | Relating to a famous oracle |
| NEWTONIAN | Relating to a famous English scientist |
| TIDALBASIN | The Jefferson Memorial sits next to a famous one |
| MARAT | A tram crash in French history (5) |
| EPOQUE | Era in French history from 1871 to 1914, supposedly characterised by peace and prosperity (5,6) |
| BELLE | Era in French history from 1871 to 1914, supposedly characterised by peace and prosperity (5,6) |
| GRANDSIECLE | The era of Louis XIV in French history (5,6) |
| ERA | Napoleonic ___ (1799-1815 in French history) |
