Solutions created a dame perhaps? has 14 entries with similar clues

• 3-letter words
• ile... de la Cite (Notre-Dame's place)
• araNotre Dame's Parseghian
• stenotre dame honoree: abbr.
• 4-letter words
• ednaBarry Humphries' Dame
• 5-letter words
• helenDame ...... Mirren, The Queen actress
• notre...-Dame, Paris
• 6-letter words
• rockneCoach of Notre Dame's "Four Horsemen"
• manorsCountry homes created by Romans, perhaps
• nellieDame ...... Melba, operatic soprano
• 7-letter words
• everagedame edna —, comedy creation of barry humphries
• drabbleDame Margaret, writer
• 8-letter words
• tekanawadame kiri ..., opera singer
• 9-letter words
• vera-lynnSinging dame of WWII
• quasimodoTitle character in Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame