1) Bird trainer 2) Cheever novel set in a prison 3) English surname 4) French word used in English 5) Hawk trainer 6) Hawker 7) Hunter 8) Hunter with a hawk 9) Hunter with hawks 10) Huntsman 11) Raptor trainer Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/falconer
(from the article `American literature`) ...America`s urban homosexual subculture in City of Night (1963). As literary and social mores were liberalized, Cheever himself dealt with ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/4
(from the article `falconry`) ...on the protected list had a profound effect on the sport after World War II. All British birds of prey came under the protection of the law, and a ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/4
Fal'con·er noun [ Middle English fauconer , Old French falconier , fauconier , French fauconnier . See Falcon .] A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks. Johnson. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/4