| 100% | TRUFFAUT | 8 | François __, key figure in French New Wave cinema |
| 50% | MONAMOUR | 8 | “Hiroshima ___” (classic of French New Wave cinema) |
| 50% | SEBERG | 6 | Actress Jean of French New Wave cinema |
| 48% | EDKOCH | 6 | Key figure in saving New York City from bankruptcy |
| 43% | NONAGON | 7 | French veto in the past at new figure |
| 39% | ERIC | 4 | French new wave director Rohmer |
| 39% | EVE | 3 | Key figure in “Paradise Lost” |
| 39% | VALETS | 6 | Key figures in hotel administration? |
| 39% | LUC | 3 | French New Wave director Jean-___ Godard |
| 38% | COHN | 4 | Key figure in the Army-McCarthy hearings |
| 38% | MOSES | 5 | Key figure in the Book of Exodus |
| 38% | ERIC | 4 | ___ Rohmer, French New Wave director |
| 38% | EIFFEL | 6 | Towering figure in French engineering |
| 37% | FOUNDING | 8 | __ fathers; key figures in early US history |
| 37% | ROI | 3 | Key piece in French chess |
| 36% | AGNESVARDA | 10 | So-called mother of the French New Wave |
| 36% | SATIE | 5 | Figure in the French avant-garde |
| 36% | STPETER | 7 | Figure in many New Yorker cartoons |
| 36% | RASTAFARI | 9 | Haile Selassie was a key figure in this movement |
| 35% | STPETER | 7 | Figure in many a New Yorker cartoon |
| 35% | PALMEDOR | 8 | Big award in French cinema |
| 35% | CLE | 3 | Key in French |
| 34% | SQUEEZE | 7 | New wave band known for Black Coffee in Bed |
| 33% | RENT | 4 | Big figure in New York City real estate? |
| 33% | MARSHAPJOHNSON | 14 | Key figure in the Stonewall uprising, whose middle initial stood for “Pay it no mind” |
| 33% | CLEO | 4 | ___ From 5 to 7 (seminal French New Wave film directed by Agnès Varda) |
| 33% | SYLVIARIVERA | 12 | Noted figure in New York’s Gay Liberation Front |
| 33% | SOMME | 5 | French river in W.W. I news |
| 32% | JEANSEBERG | 10 | French New Wave star who was targeted by the FBI for her support of the Black Panthers |
| 31% | STLO | 4 | French town in '44 news |