| GENET | Jean, French author of 1947 play The Maids (5) |
| BURGOYNE | John --, British general in the American Revolutionary War, and author of the play 'The Maid of the Oaks' (8) |
| GEOET | Jean-author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids (5) |
| GIRAUDOUX | Jean, French author of the play The Madwoman of Chaillot (9) |
| MAIDS | "The ...", 1947 play by Jean Genet (5) |
| NAMED | 1947 play by Tennessee Williams featuring Blanche DuBois (1,9,5,6) |
| ANOUILH | Jean -, French author of the stage plays Antigone and Becket (7) |
| COCTEAU | Jean, French author of the novel Les Enfants terribles (7) |
| MIDAS | King who upset the maids (5) |
| OCTET | The maids a-milking, e.g. |
| HORNE | Sound alarm for Ryder Cup player of 1947 (5) |
| ALESI | Jean ..... , French F1 driver who won the 1995 Canadian GP (5) |
| KAZAN | Best Director of 1947 and 1954 |
| LEDUC | Site of 1947 oil discovery in 41D |
| COROT | Jean, French landscape and portrait painter who died in 1875 (5) |
| DISKS | Flying phenomenon of 1947 |
| BRASSENS | Georges ?, French singer-songwriter; author of 1947 novel La lune ecoute aux portes |
| MILKING | Activity of the maids in 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' (7) |
| BLANCHE | First name of the older sister of Stella Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire (7) |
| ASTREETCAR | 1947 play by Tennessee Williams featuring Blanche DuBois (1,9,5,6) |
