| CONTRETEMPS | A hitch against time, as the French say (11) |
| NONCHALANCE | The French say no chance of embracing Los Angeles' indifference (11) |
| DARDANELLES | Narrow strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara separating European from Asian Turkey, known in ancient times as the Hellespont (11) |
| ENAMI | As a friend, as the French say |
| MANICMONDAY | Prince-written hit that charted at the same time as the Prince-performed "Kiss" |
| DYERSROCKET | Plant with spikes of yellowish-green flowers, known since Neolithic times as the source of a yellow colouring called weld (5,6) |
| BILINGUALLY | Ugly Bill in a storm in a way using English and French, say (11) |
| LEAVER | He going off, as the French say (6) |
| BURDEN | Refrain from, as the French say, splitting stream (6) |
| UNBOUND | As the French say, one leap can make you free (7) |
| ILS | They, as the French say |
| ACUTEACCENT | An attractive way of speaking that's used in French, say |
| NATIONALITY | Italian Tony turned French, say |
| BONNEFEMME | "In the manner of a good wife", so the French say, a culinary description of casseroles, potages, sole fillets or vegetables, served in a simple or rustic way (5,5) |
| ADIEU | The French say farewell to a French god (5) |
| ENPASSANT | How one takes a pawn, going by what the French say (2,7) |
| LENGTH | Distance swum in a swimming pool from one side to the other; or, in racing, the measurement of elapsed time as the horses cross the line (6) |
| CES | Phonetically the French say "these" |
| BISQUE | Lobster soup again? What would the French say! |
| CONTINENTALDRIFT | World movement: what the French, say, are getting at? |
