| DESERTED | Abandoned action to limit very French uprising (8) |
| ALARMING | Dreadful, getting tooled up to support the French uprising (8) |
| TRESPASS | It's very French to overtake and an offence (8) |
| SCHUBERT | Celebrated barman, very French, about to bring in fish (8) |
| MISTRESS | Regret the absence of embracing very French inamorata (8) |
| HUNTRESS | Barbarians entertaining very French lady after game (8) |
| SPECIOUS | They lack substance, making risky investment very French (8) |
| CHARTRES | Cleaner, very French, where there's a Gothic cathedral (8) |
| BUTTRESS | Support for building may be very French, beset by objections (8) |
| POSTAL | A type of order to announce the French uprising (6) |
| TREKKERS | They travel the hard way, two kings and queen ___ very French all around (8) |
| SCEPTRES | Ceremonial items used by lawyer performing retro exercise that's very French? |
| RAPTURES | Popular music genre, very French, keeping university in delight |
| DISCOVERED | Unearthed record of French uprising guards ended (10) |
| COUP | Partners leaving the French uprising (4) |
| REALIGN | What the king does about the French uprising: adjust again (7) |
| THEATRE | Very French way to let it come to board's support (7) |
| TRESPASSER | Sinner's very French attempt to seduce - little hesitation |
| BELLESLETTRES | Literary works allowed by Bronte to be read aloud: very French! |
| SERPENT | Treacherous type, very French, about to ensnare writer |
