| NOIR | French for 'black' |
| NTIR | French for "Black" |
| CAFENOIR | French for black coffee (4,4) |
| NOIRE | French for "Black" |
| EBENISTE | French word for a cabinetmaker who finishes or veneers furniture with a layer of the dark wood traditionally used for black piano keys (8) |
| SABLE | Black in exchange for black |
| RIO | Setting for Black Orpheus, for short |
| MOUSE | Creature for doctor in the army to employ for black eye (5) |
| CHERRY | Summer orchard fruit used for Black Forest gateau, clafoutis, compote, kirsch or glaceed for fruitcake (6) |
| AUBREY | Portrayed in a drama by John Selwyn Gilbert, the first name of an artist noted for black-ink illustrations such as The Peacock Skirt for Oscar Wilde's Salome (6) |
| HOST | Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, for the "Therapy for Black Girls" podcast |
| TAHITI | Island of French Polynesia known for black-sand beaches |
| BLM | Initialism that can stand for Black Lives Matter or for Bureau of Land Management, as Tanya learned in the first season of "The White Lotus" |
| ALEXANDERS | Name, from "black herb/vegetable", through association in folk etymology with the "Great" king of Macedon, for black lovage or Macedonian parsley (10) |
| PUDS | Short word for crumbles, fruit pies, steamed sponges, trifles or other sugary dishes served as a sweet, yet derived from Latin for "black sausages of blood/meat" (4) |
| LOPE | Another gait for Black Beauty |
| TAR | Informer comes back for black stuff (3) |
| PORTMAN | Oscar winner for Black Swan |
| BOHEA | In Colombo he asked for black tea |
| OILRIG | Drilling installation for black gold (3,3) |
