| 100% | SOPRANO | 7 | French play, La Cantatrice chauve: The Bald __ |
| 38% | NOEXIT | 6 | Sartre's 1944 French play about the afterlife |
| 38% | AFC | 3 | The LA Chargers play in it |
| 37% | MANCHE | 6 | French name for the English Channel: La __ |
| 37% | PHEDRE | 6 | 5-act French play set in the court of Troezen |
| 37% | GABELLE | 7 | La __, salt tax repealed in the French Revolution |
| 36% | SARTRE | 6 | French author of the play No Exit, Jean-Paul __ |
| 36% | BEAUGESTE | 9 | Gary Cooper played the famous French Legionnaire |
| 36% | CLAYCOURT | 9 | Surface the French Open is played on |
| 35% | NBA | 3 | Organization in which the LA Lakers play: Abbr |
| 35% | CLAYCOURT | 9 | Surface that the French Open is played on |
| 35% | RIO | 3 | Las Vegas casino where the World Series of Poker is played |
| 35% | PHANTOM | 7 | "__ of the Opera" play based on the French novel |
| 35% | SARDOU | 6 | Victorien —, French author of plays Fedora and La Tosca |
| 34% | EUGENEIONESCO | 13 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "Rhinoceros" and "The Bald Soprano": 2 wds. |
| 34% | CLAYCOURT | 9 | The French Open is the only Grand Slam tournament played on this |
| 34% | JULIEDELPY | 10 | French-American actress who plays Céline in the 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ALAINDELON | 10 | French actor who played the title role in 1973 action film Scorpio |
| 34% | MLS | 3 | Where the LA Galaxy and NY Red Bulls play: Abbr. |
| 34% | ROLANDGARROS | 12 | Tennis complex where the French Open championship is played (Hyph.) |
| 34% | ANOUILH | 7 | Jean —, French author of the stage plays Antigone and Becket |
| 34% | AJA | 3 | WNBA star __ Wilson, who plays with the Las Vegas Aces |
| 33% | NBA | 3 | Organisation in which the LA Lakers and Chicago Bulls play: Abbr. |
| 33% | MER | 3 | La ___ ("the sea" in French) |
| 33% | JEANGABIN | 9 | French actor who played the title role in 1937 film drama Pepe le Moko |
| 33% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | "La La Land" star who played the unnamed driver in "Drive" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | NBA | 3 | An organisation in which the LA Lakers and Chicago Bulls play: Abbr |
| 32% | DAWN | 4 | Actress French who played the title role in "The Vicar of Dibley" |
| 32% | DEPARDIEU | 9 | Gerard —, French actor who played the title role in 1980 film Loulou |
| 32% | GIRAUDOUX | 9 | Jean —, French writer whose plays include The Madwoman of Chaillot and Ondine |