| French-speaking republic | 24 |
| French-speaking nation in the Americas | 38 |
| French-speaking locale | 22 |
| French-speaking land of 12+ million | 35 |
| French-speaking island (6) | 26 |
| French-speaking island | 22 |
| French-speaking country where illegal activity runs rampant? | 60 |
| French-speaking African nation | 30 |
| French-speaking African land | 28 |
| French-Spanish region | 21 |
| French-pastry diva | 18 |
| French-onion soup need | 22 |
| French-named city on Galveston Bay | 34 |
| French-menu word | 16 |
| French-lesson verb | 18 |
| French-leave group | 18 |
| French-Italian comedy: 1978 | 27 |
| French-hens count | 17 |
| French-German-Luxembourgian river with a namesake wine | 54 |
| French-German river | 19 |
| French-fry time | 15 |
| French-fry feature, often | 25 |
| French-fries adjunct | 20 |
| French-door part | 16 |
| French-door components | 22 |
| French-door component | 21 |
| French-derived word with two accents | 36 |
| French-controlled land: 1847–1962 | 40 |
| French-class word | 17 |
| French-chef shout | 17 |
| French-Canadian singer | 22 |
| French-Canadian region | 22 |
| French-Canadian for lady | 24 |
| French-built rockets | 20 |
| French-built rocket | 19 |
| French-born soprano | 19 |
| French-born sculptor | 20 |
| French-born satirist Hilaire | 28 |
| French-born painter | 19 |
| French-born Met diva | 20 |
| French-born diarist | 19 |
| French-born architect who designed Washington, D.C. | 51 |
| French-born actor Delon | 23 |
| French-Belgian river | 20 |
| French-Belgian boundary river | 29 |
| French-Belgian border river | 27 |
| French-American soprano Lily | 28 |
| French-American diarist | 23 |
| French, to some | 15 |
| French's product | 20 |
| French's "The ___ Room" | 37 |
| French _____ | 12 |
| French ____ | 11 |
| French ___: abri? | 17 |
| French ___, Ind. spa | 20 |
| French ___ soup | 15 |
| French ___ (tennis tournament) | 30 |
| French ___ (one of the brasses) | 31 |
| French ___ (language overseer) | 30 |
| French ___ (hasty exit) | 23 |
| French ___ (glass-paneled opener) | 33 |
| French ___ (coffee option) | 26 |
| French ___ (breakfast treats) | 29 |
| French ___ (a legume) | 21 |
| French ___ | 10 |
| French __ soup | 14 |
| French __ (sort of sandwich) | 28 |
| French __ (kind of coffee) | 26 |
| French __ | 9 |
| French zoo animal | 17 |
| French yeses | 12 |
| French years | 12 |
| French yearly income | 20 |
| French year | 11 |
| French yard | 11 |
| French WWII battle site | 23 |
| French WWI planes | 17 |
| French WWI fighter planes | 25 |
| French writing fluid | 20 |
| French writer: 1823–92 | 29 |
| French writer-director | 22 |
| French writer's two-under-par holes? | 40 |
| French writer's state of drunkenness? | 41 |
| French writer's film bio | 28 |
| French writer's boardwalk booth operator? | 45 |
| French writer's apprehension by the police? | 47 |
| French writer ___ de Tocqueville | 32 |
| French writer with snaky hair and a petrifying gaze? | 52 |
| French writer who coined the phrase "Facts are stubborn things" | 73 |
| French writer who befriended Chopin | 35 |
| French writer or town | 21 |
| French writer of nightmarish plays | 34 |
| French writer of "The Fall" | 37 |
| French writer of "The Balcony" and "Querelle" | 65 |
| French writer of "The Balcony" | 40 |
| French writer Mme. de ____ | 26 |
| French writer Jean | 18 |
| French writer Georges | 21 |
| French writer François ___ de Chateaubriand | 46 |
| French writer Faure | 19 |