| 100% | VICTOR | 6 | __ Hugo, French novelist whose work is set in Paris |
| 46% | RUMI | 4 | Poet whose work was set to music by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson in the chamber opera “Monsters of Grace” |
| 45% | MERLE | 5 | French novelist Robert ___, upon whose work the 1973 thriller "The Day of the Dolphin" is based |
| 44% | STYLE | 5 | It may be set in Paris |
| 43% | MARCELPROUST | 12 | French novelist whose work "In Search of Lost Time" holds a Guinness World Record for longest novel: 2 wds. |
| 43% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 42% | MARCELDUCHAMP | 13 | French-American painter whose "Self-Portrait in Profile" is a highly recognized work of art: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HITMEN | 6 | Guys whose work is in the offing? |
| 41% | HEINE | 5 | Poet whose works were set to music by Schumann, Strauss and Brahms |
| 40% | KRISTINHANNAH | 13 | Novelist whose bestseller "The Great Alone" is set in Alaska (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TINSMITH | 8 | Artisan whose work is featured in this puzzle? |
| 38% | THEGOGOS | 8 | Band whose work is featured in the musical "Head Over Heels" |
| 38% | BEETHOVEN | 9 | Composer whose works are hidden in 30-, 39- and 48-Across |
| 38% | XXXXXXXXXX | 10 | Thriller author whose novels are set in Kindle County |
| 38% | HARDY | 5 | Author Thomas, whose novels are set in Wessex |
| 37% | EUBIE | 5 | Jazzman Blake whose work was showcased in a Broadway musical |
| 37% | BACH | 4 | Composer whose work is featured in Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” music video |
| 37% | ILIAD | 5 | Literary work in which Paris is featured |
| 36% | MARILYNNANCE | 12 | Photographer also known as Soulsista whose work is in the Smithsonian's permanent collection (2 wds.) |
| 36% | FAROCKI | 7 | Experimental filmmaker Harun whose work was deemed “almost too interesting to be art,” in a Times review |
| 36% | SAND | 4 | French novelist George ___ (pen name) whose volume of work includes novels like "Indiana" and "Valentine" |
| 36% | EMILY | 5 | "___ in Paris," comedy series starring Lily Collins that's set in the French capital |
| 36% | EUGENELAMI | 10 | French artist whose works include 1881's A Couple Embracing in an Artist's Studio |
| 36% | ISERE | 5 | French river whose source is in the Graian Alps, near the Italian border |
| 35% | NICHELLENICHOLS | 15 | Actress whose work with NASA is the focus of the documentary “Woman in Motion” |
| 35% | BANKSY | 6 | Graffiti artist and painter whose works include 2018's Love is in the Bin |
| 35% | STATUTES | 8 | Decrees America is around to set you up in French |
| 35% | NATO | 4 | Intl. group whose initials in English and French are reversed |
| 34% | SEUSS | 5 | Popular author most of whose work is written in anapestic tetrameter |