| ALLONS | First word of "The Marseillaise" |
| NORMAN | US soprano who sang the Marseillaise in Paris for the bicentennial of the French Revolution, Jessye |
| ANTHEM | Patriotic song of Frenchman, "The Marseillaise" (6) |
| NATIONALANTHEM | The Marseillaise, perhaps |
| IMBECILE | Here, the Marseillaise wins award for muppet (8) |
| RIVER | First word of the name for a group of six species of primarily freshwater dolphins of south-central Asia, China, and South America and in the coastal waters of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. (5) |
| ENFANTS | Second word of "La Marseillaise" |
| OPERATING | First word of the term that describes the program that manages a computer's resources, especially the allocation of those resources among other programs. Typical resources include the central processi |
| FRENCHCUSTOM | Singing La Marseillaise at rugby matches next to the Germans is force of habit (6,6) |
| ROUGETDELISLE | Claude Joseph, composer of the French national anthem La Marseillaise (6,2,5) |
| ROUGETDE | Claude Joseph ?, composer of French national anthem La Marseillaise |
| CHESS | Word that can precede the first word of the answers to the asterisked clues |
| BEAKED | First word of the name describing the group of medium-sized toothed whales that have an extended snout and are classified in the family Ziphiidae. (6) |
| EAST | First word of the chorus of "The Sidewalks of New York" |
| SYLLABLES | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| LOBSTERTAIL | The "surf" of surf and turf, often, or what the first word of the answer to each starred clue can be |
| MINE | First word of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" |
| MENE | The first word of the writing on the wall |
| SMALL | Opposite of the first word of the *clue answers |
| MAMA | First word of the first verse of "Bohemian Rhapsody" |