| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| CORPUS | From the Latin for "body", word for a collection of writings; or, the main part or substance of anything (6) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| MARBLE | One of a series of glass or agate balls used in games including taw and solitaire (6) |
| PARFAIT | In cuisine, a French name for a dessert or a pate |
| POTAGE | Word for a thick rustic vegetable soup from which the French name for a kitchen garden derives (6) |
| TORTELLI | Plump pillows or parcels of stuffed pasta shaped like "fritters, round loaves, little pies, small cakes" (8) |
| RENE | French name for a bit of a renegade (4) |
| ESTRAGON | Major character in Samuel Beckett's stage play Waiting for Godot; the French name for a common herb (8) |
