| PETANQUE | Form of boules played in Provence (8) |
| ABSOLUTE | Like some rulers when playing at boules (8) |
| SABULOSE | Such as boules ground? |
| BREADBIN | Vessel also called a crock for sourdough, pain de campagne, pave, boule, a split tin or granary loaf (5,3) |
| SIRVENTE | Poem in stanza form written by troubadours in Provence that satirised moral or political matters (8) |
| UNCOMMON | In Provence, a piece of public land? That's rare (8) |
| LANDMASS | Grounds around French farmhouse in Provence for instance (8) |
| OUTHOUSE | Maybe barn in Provence where you snooze on vacation (8) |
| COB | Word for something rounded or sturdy, such as a boule of bread, core of an ear of corn, hazelnut, lump of coal or short-legged type of horse (3) |
| LAVENDER | Grows up in Provence especially with the French dealer ? it's an alterative mind you! (8) |
| OVERNICE | Presumably, the administrative department in Provence-Alpes-C'te d'Azur is excessively fastidious (8) |
| OFFICIAL | Authorised rubbish tours here in Provence |
| PEUTETRE | "Perhaps" in Provence |
| JEU | French "game", of say boules involving strategic cunning, de paume "of tennis", d'esprit "spirited, witty", vieux "old" or even de mots "of words, punning" (3) |
| JACK | The bowls equivalent of the “cochonnet” in boules |
| SOLUBLE | Learner in playing boules describing a good crossword? (7) |
| BLOUSE | Playing boules in female attire |
| LOAF | Known in French as "miche" and kneaded into shapes including boule, pave, bloomer, cob, split tin or plait, a standard quantity of baked bread (4) |
| GUYDEMAUPASSANT | Author of the short story Boule de Suif (suet dumpling) |
| CHAD | Country where porridges such as boule are staple dishes |
