| ISNTTHATSPECIAL | "The chef made this as the plat du jour, right?" |
| PLACEMAT | Patrick rings Chantilly, for one, for Frenchman holding the plat du jour, for example (5,3) |
| AIRHEAD | Dimwit hairy chef made to strip (7) |
| ADMONISH | Criticise my French tucking into a plat du jour? (8) |
| OUTSTANDINGACCOMPLISHMENT | Plat du jour |
| PIECEDERESISTANCE | Plat du jour |
| SHAMEFACED | Very modest chef's made a melange (10) |
| ENTREES | Plats du jour |
| JOUR | Plat du --, dish of the day (4) |
| LANDTAX | The 19th-century US economist Henry George was a champion of this as the sole source of government revenues (4,3) |
| TIMEONONESHANDS | Left with this, as the enemy hasn't caught up? |
| DIET | Caddie took in this as the reason why one was losing (4) |
| VOICE | Bill's in this as the spokesman (5) |
| GENERATEPOWER | Do this as the Churchill Falls station in Labrador: 2 wds. |
| ALAMB | March goes out like this, as the expression goes |
| BARKEEPER | Taverner gets a signal from this as the boat comes in (9) |
| INITIATIVE | You should take this as the first step (10) |
| BEDSIDEMANNER | You'll have to be patient to get this as the doctor has it (7,6) |
| NOCTUID | From the Latin for "night owl", a generic name for an owlet-moth, such as a burnished brass, clay, drinker, green arches, grey dagger, heart and dart, wainscot or "wonder of the day" merveille du jour |
| STREAM | Plat music directly from the Internet |
