| UNPICK | Carefully analyse elements in a French film, we hear (6) |
| MISSED | Failed to attend film, we hear (6) |
| TRISTE | Melancholy, in a French film. |
| MILLER | Ezra _, starred in 2011 film We Need to Talk About Kevin (6) |
| NIKITA | CW series based on a French film |
| UNREAL | A French film extract sounds amazing |
| DETAIL | From "to cut", an individual fact or item; an unimportant part; an element in a painting, considered in isolation; or, a squad assigned with a special duty or mission (6) |
| NEEDTO | High school tragedy film, We ...Talk About Kevin (4,2) |
| RETINA | Some secret inadequacy found in sensitive element in a viewer (6) |
| ASPECT | A distinct feature or element in a problem. (6) |
| AGREED | A good element in a woodwind instrument? That's settled (6) |
| OLDIES | Like those songs and films we still die for when everything was black and white! (6) |
| STAPLE | Important element in a fastener (6) |
| PHRASE | Single element in a sentence (6) |
| RADIUM | Element in a superficially radioactive medium (6) |
| RUE | A street in a French film, comprendre? |
| EPEE | A sword, in a French film. |
| APERITIF | Taken before a meal, first seen in a French film. |
| TUTSI | African tribesman was the hero of a film, we hear (5) |
| REAL | True part of a film we hear |
