| DARTAGNAN | Alexandre Dumas hero |
| MONTECRISTO | Alexandre Dumas hero, The Count Of ... (5,6) |
| PERE | Alexandre Dumas to Alexandre Duma, fils |
| BERNHARDT | Depicted in posters by Alphonse Mucha, actress who portrayed Marguerite in a theatrical version of La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils (9) |
| MUSKETEER | European soldier such as Athos, Porthos or Aramis in the works of Alexandre Dumas (9) |
| THEMANINTHEFEMASK | Dumas hero |
| ATHOS | Dumas hero |
| COUNTOF | Romance by Alexandre Dumas, whose hero is Edmond Dantes (3,5,2,5,6) |
| THE | Romance by Alexandre Dumas, whose hero is Edmond Dantes (3,5,2,5,6) |
| MONTE | Romance by Alexandre Dumas, whose hero is Edmond Dantes (3,5,2,5,6) |
| CRISTO | Romance by Alexandre Dumas, whose hero is Edmond Dantes (3,5,2,5,6) |
| MANINTHETINMASK | Alchemist rewrites Alexandre Dumas classic (with 'The') |
| FRERES | Brothers, to Alexandre Dumas |
| MUSKETEERS | Alexandre Dumas' classic swashbuckler, The Three ... |
| DANTE | Alexandre Dumas' novel, The Count Of ... Cristo |
| MEDUSA | Nasty end for Alexandre Dumas' ghastly woman (6) |
| PERSE | Essentially, the other Alexandre Dumas overshadowed son |
| MASK | Alexandre Dumas' The Man In The Iron ... |
| PORTHOS | Musketeer, in novels by Alexandre Dumas (7) |
| NOIRE | "La Tulipe ___" (novel by Alexandre Dumas) |