| CHARLATAN | Cleaner brought over the French bronze - a fake |
| SPONGECAKE | What the house cleaner brought |
| NATAL | Referring to very early start, the French bronze has to be returned |
| POMPOM | Hat ornament a couple of cleaners brought back |
| ORMOLU | Gilded bronze, a gold coloured alloy |
| IRONAGE | Period following Stone and Bronze (A REGION anagram) (4,3) |
| SOU | A former French bronze coin |
| CRECY | The site of a decisive English victory over the French in the first decade of the Hundred Years' War (5) |
| ADOLESCENT | The young person causes a fuss over the French money (10) |
| RODNEY | George ?, British admiral; victor over the French in the Battle of the Saintes of 1782 |
| BLENHEIM | Village in Germany, site of a 1704 victory by Anglo-Austrian forces over the French and the Bavarians (8) |
| POITIERS | Battle of 1356 in which the English, under the Black Prince, triumphed over the French (8) |
| EDEN | Which UK prime minister resigned in 1957 following the controversy over the French occupation of the Suez Canal? (4) |
| VIGO | Port in Galicia, NW Spain, that was the site of a British and Dutch naval victory over the French and Spanish in 1702 (4) |
| AQUARELLE | A heartless dispute over the French painting style (9) |
| CHUCKLE | Throw over the French with a laugh (7) |
| APOSTLE | Messenger provides a job over the French (7) |
| CINCODEMAYO | It commemorates the 1862 Mexican victory over the French at Puebla |
| AGINCOURT | 1415 battle, a decisive English victory over the French (9) |
| ADOLESCENTS | Teenagers make a fuss over the French perfumes (11) |
