| POUR | French for 'bucket' (4) |
| PAIL | Old man gets one pound for bucket (4) |
| SANDCASTLE | Last dances arranged for bucket-and-spade construction (4-6) |
| LEEKSINTHEROOF | Reason for buckets in the cook's kitchen? |
| YOKELS | What these country bumpkins call A frame for buckets, large and small (6) |
| GALA | Swimming competition between clubs; or, from the French for "show" and Italian for "finery", a festivity (4) |
| RIOT | From the French for "quarrel", a word originally for dissolute living, later a fracas by an unruly mob (4) |
| OYEZ | From the Old French for "hear ye", one of a town crier's three calls for attention prior to a proclamation (4) |
| BIAS | From the French for "slant", a word for one-sidedness; fabric cut on the cross; weight on one side of a bowl; or, the oblique course taken by said ball as a result of its irregular shape (4) |
| FLAN | From the Old French for "flat cake" and related to the Dutch for "custard", a quiche-like sweet or savoury tart (4) |
| DAUB | Word, from Old French for "clothe in white" or "whitewash" , for clay, mud or plaster applied to wattles; a smear or splodge of something sticky; or, a crude or unskilled painting (4) |
| AGOG | From Old French for "in mirth, in a merry mood", a word for fun originally that later came to mean eager, enthralled or in suspense (4) |
| BLET | Word, from French for "overripe pear", for a state of softness or decay in a fruit such as a medlar or quince (4) |
| MENU | Word, from French for "detailed list", for a restaurant's carte du jour (4) |
| REST | 'Reposez' primarily is French for 'stand' (4) |
| TALE | Thanks the French for the story (4) |
| PRIX | French for prize (4) |
| COTE | ___ d'Azur (French for French Riviera) |
| OBOE | Hautbois is French for which musical instrument? (4) |
| ONZE | French for the fifth prime number (4) |
