Excellent!

Now someone new can give us a clue. :-)

Isn't it just strange that Flore seems so much more popular than Deux Magots?

Oops -- I think that it's Houellebecq. You left out one "e."

But you can give us the clue anyway.

ttt for shellio for next clue?

A famous American was given part of this building in gratitude for services he had performed for this country, among others. Some years later he used it as one of his retreats from what may have been the world's most demanding job.

What's the building? 7 letters, with the missing 'e' from Houellebecq in 5th place.

What's the country? 8 letters, with the 'l' from Houellebecq in 5th place.

Who's the American? 10 letters, with the 'e' in 1st, 4th and 9th places.

Culzean Castle
Scotland
Eisenhower
(one might argue that Scotland isn't a country on its own, and rather, part of the United Kingdom :) )

Yup.

One might argue that, but not to a Scot.

This American woman, daughter of a millionaire, married a Brit and moved to India. She has a food dish named after her (her married name).

Woman: 3 words - 4,8,6 ("r" 3rd letter of 1st name; 6th letter of middle name)
Food dish: 3 words - 4,6,4 ("r" 3rd letter of 2nd word)

"r" taken from Eisenhower

Mary Victoria Leiter
Lady Curzon soup

Did you get this from a Delta magazine article or something? I did a couple of searches, but I guess one inspired search revealed a link to a Delta article.

That's right.
Yes, I was reading about it on the Delta Sky magazine this past weekend on my way to SF.

Clue: This very important person supposedly nearly had an important musical work dedicated to him.

Person: 8 letters (4th = "o")

Heck, the musical work was a big deal as well, written by a super-famous composer.

Napoleon?
Beethoven's #3 Eroica?

Of course. The story was that Beethoven tore up the dedication when Napoleon crowned himself emperor.

So you're up!

This composer wrote a series of symphonic poem, one of which was named after a river in the composer's home country.

Composer: 7,7
River (has 2 different names depending on the language) Name both: 6 & 6
"L" is 2nd letter of one name; and 3rd letter of the other name.

I'm guessing Smetana and the Moldau.

Will do the search later.

BTW, it may be hours before I have time to check back on the answer. So if you think you got the right answer, just go ahead with the next clue without my confirmation.

Obviously the symphonic poem I've in mind is "Ma Vlast."

wow, you're quick. Got most of it right already.

I'll do the Google later and do the next clue.

Well, I'm supposed to know my music, you know. :-)

So I had to Google the rest.

The first name is Bedrich.
The alternate name is Vltava.

I'll give a clue later. If DT reads this, he can give us one as well.