| LESMISERABLES | 1862 historical novel by French author Victor Hugo banned by the Catholic church until 1959 (3,10) |
| GUERNSEY | French writer Victor Hugo had his home Hauteville House on this island (8) |
| ALOUTRANCE | Liberal banned from full-on organised church until death |
| SALAMMBO | 1862 historical novel by Gustave Flaubert set in ancient Carthage (8) |
| HUGO | French writer Victor |
| OPERA | The Phantom Of The _, novel by French author, Gaston Leroux (5) |
| LABOHEME | 1896 opera by Giacomo Puccini based on an 1851 novel by French author Henri Murger (2,6) |
| ERIK | Name of the phantom in a gothic novel by French author Gaston Leroux (4) |
| DARTAGNAN | Young protagonist in The Three Musketeers, adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (9) |
| FOGG | Phileas, hero of Around the World in Eighty Days, 1872 novel by French author Jules Verne (4) |
| EIGHTY | Around the World in ____ Days, adventure novel by French author Jules Verne (6) |
| GARGANTUA | Titular giant of a 1534 novel by French author Francois Rabelais; the father of Pantagruel (9) |
| RIVERKWAI | Waterway in the title of a 1952 war novel by French author Pierre Boulle (5,4) |
| PHANTOM | The Of The Opera, 1910 novel by French writer Gaston Leroux (7) |
| HOTELDIEU | French term for a hospital for the poor and needy run by the Catholic Church (5-4) |
| PAPALSTATES | Those territories of central Italy held by the Catholic Church between the middle of the 8th century and 1870 |
| NEWSSTAND | Where to obtain reading matter ___ novel by French author around street (9) |
| PAPILLON | Autobiographical jailbreak novel by French author Henri Charriere adapted for film in 1973 and 2017 (8) |
| NEVERNEVERLAND | Most of novel by French writer, avoiding the sea, heading off for imaginary territory |
| TOBIT | Old Testament book recognised by the Catholic Church |
