| BOULES | French name for a collection of games including petanque; or, round loaves of often sourdough bread (6) |
| ATLAS | Studied or compiled in cartography, general name for a collection of maps (5) |
| OLYMPIA | Ancient Greek sanctuary where a series of games including chariot racing and pankration were held in honour of Zeus quadrennially (7) |
| COMPENDIUM | A collection of games (10) |
| BOULE | French word for something globular, such as a cobloaf, round piece of dough, metal orb for petanque or for the original shape of a Verneuil imitation ruby or sapphire (5) |
| COBS | Round loaves of bread for the male swans (4) |
| RISE | Baker's tip: If you want your sourdough bread to be more sour, let the dough ___ a bit longer |
| GOLD | Sourdough bread? |
| NUGGET | Sourdough bread? |
| APR | National Sourdough Bread Day mo. |
| CODE | Word originally for a collection or digest of laws, later a secret message or cryptogram cracked by means of a cipher; or, a system of signals such as Morse or Semaphore (4) |
| BOOKEND | One of a pair of often ornamental props or supports placed on either side of a row of upright tomes; thus, any first or last part of something (7) |
| CORPUS | From the Latin for "body", word for a collection of writings; or, the main part or substance of anything (6) |
| INFORMER | A literary word for an animator or an inspirer; or, a fink, nose, supergrass, whistle-blower or other messenger of often incriminating news (8) |
| MARGUERITE | From Greek or Latin for "pearl", the French name for a white-rayed wild flower of field margins, grassland, meadows and verges, also called an ox-eye daisy or moonpenny (10) |
| ECORCHE | French name for a drawing, painting or sculpture of the human body stripped of skin to display the m |
| BOULEVARD | French name for a type of wide road that originated from a Dutch term for bulwark |
| LAWNS | Grass-, camomile- or clovercovered areas forming part of the landscapes of most gardens, used for games including croquet or bocce (5) |
| BOARD | Flat surface on which to play games including chess and draughts, or, a similar wooden structure for slicing bread or serving cheese (5) |
| MARBLE | One of a series of glass or agate balls used in games including taw and solitaire (6) |
