| BOURGEOISIE | French term for the middle classes (11) |
| WAIST | Term for the middle part of a railway carriage - usually at the widest section of the bodywork (5) |
| TYMPANUM | Name a less readily known term for the middle ear (8) |
| BETJEMAN | Described by Geoffrey Grigson as a "pop star of the middle classes", the Poet Laureate from 1972-84 who co-founded the Victorian Society (8) |
| LASS | Girl from the middle classes (4) |
| CENTREPIECE | An epergne, an ornament for the middle (11) |
| PERCENTAGES | Commissions, maybe, adjusted for the centre pages (11) |
| THIRDESTATE | Middle classes dither when in trouble, say (5,6) |
| NOBLESSE | --- oblige, French term for the supposed duty of the privileged class to be honourable and generous (8) |
| COCODEMER | French term for the large double-lobed nut of the Seychelles palm (4,2,3) |
| TIERSETAT | French term for the 'third estate' |
| ETATS | Les ___-Unis (French term for the U.S.) |
| MIDI | French term for the South of France (4) |
| CEPAGE | French term for the grape variety used to make a particular wine (6) |
| TELEFERIQUE | French term for a light aerial cable car |
| PATESURPATE | French term for a form of porcelain decoration (4-3-4) |
| PRETAPORTER | French term for garments ready-to-wear (4-1-6) |
| AMUSEGUEULE | French term for a small savoury item served as a pre- meal appetiser (5-6) |
| CENTRE | Word, derived from the Greek for the sharp tip of a pair of compasses, for the middle of a circle (6) |
| JEJUNE | Dry month, following one the same except for the middle |
