| TARTUFFE | Theatrical comedy by Moliere, set in the house of Orgon |
| SLEUTH | Anthony Shaffer play set in the home of a crime writer |
| FARCE | Style of theatrical comedy |
| TINAS | "Tony n' ___ Wedding" (interactive theatrical comedy) |
| THEPRODUCERS | Theatrical comedy with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder (3,9) |
| DONJUAN | Fictional libertine who is the subject of a play by Moliere, an opera by Mozart and a poem by Byron (3,4) |
| MISANTHROPE | The ___, 1666 play by Moliere subtitled The Cantankerous Lover (11) |
| EPICURUS | A religious hypocrite (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) |
| LEMISANTHROPE | 1666 play by Moliere whose central character is Alceste |
| TREES | "The _ that are slow to grow bear the best fruit": Moliere (5) |
| BERTISH | Suzanne ___, 1995 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play nominee for The Moliere Comedies (7) |
| MISER | Moliere comedy, with "The" |
| SUZANNE | 1995 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play nominee for The Moliere Comedies (7) |
| THEMISANTHROPE | Article on mixed metaphors in a Moliere play (3,11) |
| AMELIORATE | Change for the better at a Moliere play (10) |
| NOMDEPLUME | Moliere, for example, in his own language (3,2,5) |
| LIE | Give a false impression of offering from Moliere (3) |
| ACTE | Part of a Moliere work |
| TRAGICOMEDY | Do I cry at start of Moliere, eg? Possibly it could also raise a laugh |
| LULLY | The Sun King, Louis XIV, appointed Moliere and this composer to produce musical dramas for his court |
