| SHAWNEE | Indian playwright born in France |
| JMBARRIE | Novelist and playwright born in Kirriemuir in 1860 (1,1,6) |
| IONESCO | Eugene _, avant-garde playwright born in Romania in 1909 (7) |
| ONEILL | Playwright born in a hotel room on Broadway |
| PETERWEISS | "Marat/Sade" playwright born in 1916 |
| GREER | Bonnie, critic and playwright born in 1948 (5) |
| PINERO | Arthur Wing, English playwright born in 1855 (6) |
| SEAMUSHEANEY | Irish poet and playwright born in 1939 noted for translating Beowulf (6,6) |
| NEED | Born in France, died in poverty (4) |
| NEE | Born in France, but regularly in Yemen |
| PICARD | Captain born in France in 2305 |
| BELLOC | Hilaire, British poet born in France in 1870 (6) |
| EDITHPIAF | 1959's Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien singer born in France in 1915 (5,4) |
| DIOR | Christian born in France |
| EXAMINEE | Old friend, born in France, one taking the Baccalaureat? |
| ALAIN | Mr. Thicke, if born in France |
| YVESTANGUY | U.S. surrealist artist born in France |
| BELLE | Born in France she is lovely woman |
| NEEDY | Born in France, extremely dandy but poor (5) |
| HANSBERRY | "A Raisin in the Sun" playwright born 5/19/1930 |