| NAPOLEON | French leader expressing his refusal to jail an East European (8) |
| MCCLEAN | Which Ireland international caused some controversy in England with his refusal to wear a poppy? (7) |
| FISHER | Saint John ___, upholder of papal primacy, executed in 1535 for his refusal to recognise the king as supreme head of the English church (6) |
| BEANPOLE | Skinny chap to live with an East European |
| MACARONI | French leader takes aeroplane initially to Italy for pasta (8) |
| EUROPEAN | Political institution dispensing with French leader from afar, Marine Le Pen up to no good (8,10) |
| MACAROON | French leader entertains circle, eating a biscuit (8) |
| FLAWLESS | French leader dispensing with regulations - perfect (8) |
| AFFLUENT | A French leader articulate and rich (8) |
| ONCOURSE | Certainly going in the wrong direction, one French leader absent (2,6) |
| DEGAULLE | French leader who governed during Les Trente Glorieuses |
| DEFERRAL | French leader might make mistake in treaty resulting in postponement |
| HITITOFF | Get on with strike over object, maybe, of French leader? |
| OFCOURSE | Certainly going in the wrong direction, one French leader absent (2,6) |
| POLICE | Force an east European to take on a top cop (6) |
| TADPOLE | A small amount for an East European amphibian (7) |
| UKRAINIAN | Wet British weather initially irritating an East European |
| LATVIA | Story mostly about travelling through an east European country (6) |
| CRIMEA | A crime in an East European peninsula |
| GREATPOLISH | Sculpture near Peebles by an East-European war veteran, 'The - Map of Scotland' (5,6) |
