| BURGHERS | The ___ Of Calais, series of sculptures by Auguste Rodin portraying six French citizens in The Hundred Years War (8) |
| AUGUSTERODIN | The Thinker and The Kiss are sculptures by ____ |
| SANDCASTLES | Sculptures by the shore |
| THEKISS | 1889 marble sculpture, by Auguste Rodin, of an embracing couple (3,4) |
| ETERNALSPRING | Sculpture by Auguste Rodin (7,6) |
| THETHINKER | Sculpture by Auguste Rodin |
| ADAMANDEVE | Marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin (4,3,3) |
| RODIN | Celebrated at a current exhibition at the Grand Palais marking the centenary of his death, the founding father of modern sculpture whose works include The Burghers of Calais and The Thinker (5) |
| ASCOLI | - Piceno, Italian town, site of a massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War of 90 B.C. (6) |
| CREATEANOPENING | Patron's request of Auguste Rodin, resulting in "The Gates of Hell"? |
| ADIEU | Die in the centre of Gaul? Yes, it's farewell to a French citizen (5) |
| BJORNBORG | Swedish tennis player who won six French Open singles titles in the 1970s and 80s (5,4) |
| POSITIVISM | Philosophical system originated by Auguste Comte (1798-1857) that rejects metaphysics and theology in favour of empirical experience (10) |
| ANGERS | Bugs in home of French citizens |
| KISS | The ---, 1882 marble sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin (4) |
| STEFFIGRAF | German Tennis Hall of Famer who won six French Open women's singles titles from 1987 to 1999: 2 wds. |
| BATHYSCAPHE | Submersible vessel designed by Auguste Piccard in the late 1940s (11) |
| SCULPTURE | General word for a carving such as Michelangelo's David or Rodin's The Burghers of Calais (9) |
| ULTRAMARINE | Deep-blue pigment originally obtained from lapis lazuli, used by Auguste Renoir to create The Umbrellas (11) |
| PEOPLE | Pope cursed the French citizens (6) |
