| MADAMEDEFARGE | In 6 down she sat by the guillotine and knitted though she was notably absent when Sidney Carton (th |
| ALIBI | A claim that one was absent when the crime took place (5) |
| TUSSAUD | Who (Marie ___) made wax models of heads severed by the guillotine? (7) |
| CREATUREOF | (& 6-down) She loves routine and wears a wimple? (8,2,5) |
| WAITEDUP | Sat by the window, maybe |
| COAST | Company relaxed sat by the seaside |
| ATALEOF | 'It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done,' said Sidney Carton in Dickens' ... Two |
| CHOKEHOLDS | Guillotine and Peruvian necktie, in mixed martial arts |
| ISRAELI | Faithful inhabitant of Fair Isle knitted, though not with frequency |
| DISAPPEAR | Vanish when Sidney returns with a soft fruit |
| EPONYMS | Guillotine and Oscar, e.g. |
| MARIEANTOINETTE | The queen whose tarnished reputation was further damaged by the 'Affair of the Diamond Necklace' in 1785, though she was blameless (5,10) |
| SHEIS | "And though she feels as if she's in a play / ___ ___ anyway." - The Beatles, "Penny Lane" |
| STREEP | Meryl, though she was born Mary Louise (6) |
| ATALANTA | In Greek mythology, she is a swift-footed hunter, though she lost a footrace because of the Hesperides' apples. In As You Like It (act 3, scene 2), Jaques says, "You have a nimble wit. I think 'twas m |
| ROSCOE | Vicky Grant was carrying his baby, though she's engaged to his brother Robbie in Hollyoaks (7,6) |
| FREDDIE | & 17A Vicky Grant was carrying his baby, though she's engaged to his brother Robbie in Hollyoaks (7,6) |
| BARGE | 'The ___ she sat in. like a burnished throne' Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (5) |
| EMPRESS | Some of them pressurised her, powerful though she was (7) |
| MARIACALLAS | Opera singer who was buried in Paris's Pere Lachaise Cemetery, though she wasn't French: 2 wds. |
