| APOET | Cocteau film "The Blood of |
| BETE | "La Belle et la ___" (Cocteau film) |
| BEAST | Jean Cocteau directed the film, Beauty And The ... |
| ICHOR | The blood of the gods, in Greek mythology, - its use in the fantasy genre is, according to Ursula LeGuin, the 'infallible touchstone of the seventh-rate' |
| RHESUS | The determination of the "Rh" factor in human blood involves reaction with the blood of this monkey |
| ANON | Unknowable author who mused, "The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr" (abbr.) |
| 4AD | Record label for acts like Cocteau Twins and Bon Iver (and a year in the reign of Emperor Augustus) |
| DIOR | Designer whose name, as noted by Jean Cocteau, sounds like a portmanteau of the French words for "God" and "gold" |
| MENTON | City on the French Riviera that contains the Jean Cocteau Museum (6) |
| ANTIGONE | Subject of plays by Sophocles, Euripides and Cocteau |
| ORPHEE | 1950 film by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais (6) |
| ORPHEUS | 1950 film directed by Jean Cocteau (7) |
| JEAN | French film director Cocteau |
| OTHERNESS | Seen short version of a Cocteau Twins' performance (9) |
| BAUDELAIRE | British Airedale angrily biting backside of Cocteau, French poet |
| PLATELET | Minute cell occurring in the blood of vertebrates and involved in clotting of the blood (8) |
| PEGASUS | It is described at the winged horse that sprang from the blood of Medusa when killed by Perseus. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 4, scene 1), the Dauphin says of this horse: "To turn and wind a fiery ___ / A |
| HYACINTH | Word that refers to a blue gem of the ancients, possibly aquamarine or sapphire; cinnamon stone; brown, red or yellow zircon; purple of various hues; a bluebell/larkspur that sprang from the blood of |
| USED | Handled last letters of Cocteau and sets sale record (4) |
| BEAUTYANDTHEBEAST | French fairy story, adapted as a film by Jean Cocteau (6,3,3,5) |
