| CLUNY | French commune once noted for lace |
| YEOVIL | Somerset market town, once noted for its glovemaking (6) |
| CHALMERS | Presenter once noted for her travel shows, Judith _ (8) |
| ARALSEA | Former lake of Asia, once noted for its many fish subspecies (4,3) |
| BOWERY | The is a street in New York City once noted for its cheap hotels and bars (6) |
| ELEANOR | Miss Rigby once noted in Aquitaine? (7) |
| RENO | A city in Western Nevada, once noted as a divorce, wedding and gambling centre (4) |
| RESEAU | From the French meaning "network", a plain net ground for lace; or, a glass plate with a matrix of lines for mapping the stars (6) |
| LENS | This allows for precise focus in French commune (4) |
| SAUTERNES | French commune known for its white wine |
| ALENCON | French city known for lace |
| BONES | Dice or dominoes; bobbins for lace-making; osseous structures collectively forming a skeleton; or, a nickname for a doctor or "pill" (5) |
| BOBBIN | Reel for winding yarn for lace-making, machine-sewing or weaving; fine cord; or, a spool of wire forming the coil of a bell or buzzer (6) |
| LONGEATON | Derbyshire town that was once a centre for lace-making (4,5) |
| CESSE | French commune |
| AIX | __-les-Bains: French commune |
| NAIVETE | Innocence about alien French commune |
| LISLE | Thread named after a French commune |
| ANET | French commune in the Centre-Val de Loire region |
| LES | _ Baux- de-Provence (French commune) |
