| CRADLESONG | Cook recalled the departure of the French with the tune for a lullaby (6,4) |
| EXODUS | Book of the Bible detailing the departure of the Israelites from Egypt (6) |
| NAILED | New cook recalled being pinned down (6) |
| HUSHHUSHJOB | Secret assignment for a lullaby singer? |
| DUEL | Combat of the French with the Spanish (4) |
| NETTLE | Irritate the French with the amount remaining after tax (6) |
| WHIFFENPOOFSONG | With "The," tune with the repeated refrain "Baa baa baa" |
| THEMESONG | Signature tune or the tune for egomaniacs? (5,4) |
| OTANNENBAUM | Christmas carol that provides the tune for Iowa's state song |
| UNTETHER | Tinkered with the tune before record's initial release (8) |
| LONDONDERRYAIR | Irish folk song used as the tune for Danny Boy (11,3) |
| KNOWS | Is familiar with, ... the tune |
| CLEAN | Caught the French with the article? Not guilty (5) |
| JUTEJAMAND | Trades of 1Ac reporting for work after disc jockey returns, gulping: "Stick in a tune for a change!" (4,3,3,10) |
| JOURNALISM | Trades of 1Ac reporting for work after disc jockey returns, gulping: "Stick in a tune for a change!" (4,3,3,10) |
| REMINISCED | Recalled the past with affection (10) |
| REVERSALOF | Tune for a film in 1990 (8,2,7) |
| AUNTY | A togetherness comes with the departure of one relation |
| PHILCOLLINS | Drummer with Genesis who became lead singer alter the departure of Peter Gabriel and later had a successful solo career (4,7) |
| STGILL | Which watercolourist established a studio in Adelaide in 1840 and depicted the departure of Charles Sturt's 1844 expedition to the interior? (1,1,4) |
