| BIRDSONG | Novel in Sebastian Faulks' French trilogy with The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Charlotte Gray (8) |
| ECHO | Paris -; the most recent novel by Sebastian Faulks, author whose French trilogy includes The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Birdsong (4) |
| FAULKS | Author of the French trilogy consisting of The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray who also penned Jeeves and the Wedding Bells and the James Bond continuation novel Devil May Care (6) |
| SIDEB | Back of a hit single I had in "Sebastian" (4,1) |
| BOLERO | Seen with Rob at the lion dance (6) |
| DECEMBER | A Week in -; novel by Birdsong author Sebastian Faulks (8) |
| DIET | How the girl at the end of the street can lose weight (4) |
| SEBASTIANFAULKS | English novelist who wrote the historical novels Birdsong and Charlotte Gray (9,6) |
| SEBASTIAN | Author of the 1998 novel Charlotte Gray, _ Faulks (9) |
| MIAOW | Catty utterance of the girl at the end of the row? |
| CAMPION | Palme d'Or- and Academy Awardwinning director and writer noted for films including An Angel at My Table, The Piano and The Portrait of a Lady (7) |
| BABY | Bridget Jones's ___, third film in the trilogy with 17A in the title role (4) |
| HOUSEOFCARDS | What (The ___ ___ ___) completes a trilogy with To Play the King and The Final Cut? (5,2,5) |
| GRAY | Charlotte ___ , 1999 novel by Sebastian Faulks about a Scotswoman in wartime France (4) |
| IRISH | Like Colleen, the girl at the hotel (5) |
| TAKENFORARIDE | Swindled - by the girl at the equestrian centre? |
| LIGHTER | It may be obtained from the girl at the tobacconist's |
| OVAL | Ring the girl at the cricket ground (4) |
| AWARDS | The Palme d'Or and Golden Globes are examples of these in the film world (6) |
| LORDOFTHERINGS | Tolkien trilogy, with "The" |
