| OVERCOAT | The -, short story by Nikolai Gogol adapted as a mime play by Marcel Marceau in 1951 (8) |
| SHOUT | 'The ---', short story by Robert Graves filmed in 1978 (5) |
| NONVOCAL | Silent, as a mime |
| TACITURN | One absorbed by performance in performer like a mime? (8) |
| FOUNTAIN | 1917 sculpture by Marcel Duchamp consisting of a porcelain urinal signed "R. Mutt" |
| NON | Only spoken word (by Marcel Marceau) in Mel Brooks's "Silent Movie" |
| NOSE | Body part that jumps off a face and becomes a government bureaucrat, in a Nikolai Gogol story |
| TARASBULBA | Film loosely based on a novel of the same name by Nikolai Gogol (5,5) |
| MADELEINE | Traditional small cake from the Lorraine region of France, featured in A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust |
| SILENTMOVIE | 1976 Mel Brooks film whose only audible line is spoken by Marcel Marceau |
| THEBRIDESTRIPPEDBAREBYHER | Artwork by Marcel Duchamp also called The Large Glass (3,5,8,4,2,3,9,4) |
| BACHELORSEVEN | Artwork by Marcel Duchamp also called The Large Glass (3,5,8,4,2,3,9,4) |
| JEANDEFLORETTE | 1986 French film, starring Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil and Yves Montand, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol (4,2,8) |
| DEADSOULS | 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol |
| SOULS | and 19ac, 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol (4,5) |
| DEAD | and 19ac, 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol (4,5) |
| REMEMBRANCEOFTHINGSPAST | English title of a seven-volume work by Marcel Proust |
| TANGLE | Twist Nikolai Gogol originally employed in literary work |
| EEE | What's uttered by a mime |
| UNSAID | Peacekeepers' help, like words in a mime show? (6) |
