| SARTRE | What was the surname of French existentialist and philosopher Jean-Paul? (6) |
| SIMONE | and 7dn, , French existentialist philosopher and author whose works include 1949's The Second Sex (6,2,8) |
| RENOIR | Surname of French father and son, respectively famous as artist and film director (6) |
| ALBERT | First name of the French Existentialist writer Camus (6) |
| BEING | ___ and Nothingness 1943 book by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre about his existentialist ideas |
| JARGON | "The ___ of Authenticity" (Theodor Adorno book that critiques the language of existentialist philosophy) |
| NOEXIT | 1944 existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre, originally published in French as Huis Clos |
| GAULTIER | Jean-Paul ?, French designer of the costumes for the film The Fifth Element (8) |
| DEBEAUVOIR | and 7dn, , French existentialist philosopher and author whose works include 1949's The Second Sex (6,2,8) |
| ALBERTCAMUS | French existentialist author of The Stranger and The Plague |
| NAUSEA | Existentialist novel by Jean-Paul Sartre |
| CAMPUS | Existentialist inspires head of Princeton University? (6) |
| SIMONEDEBEAUVOIR | French existentialist philosopher, novelist and feminist (6,2,8) |
| ROUX | Surname of French brothers Albert and Michel, owners of Le Gavroche when it became the first UK restaurant to gain three Michelin stars (4) |
| SARTRES | Philosopher Jean-Paul and family |
| EEYORE | Primarily existentialist equine youngsters often read excitedly? |
| WHOAMI | Existentialist's inquiry |
| MARAT | Jean-Paul ?, journalist and politician assassinated by Charlotte Corday in 1793 (5) |
| BOURBON | Surname of French and Spanish kings (7) |
| GENET | French existentialist Jean |
