| NUITBLANCHE | French term literally meaning "white night" used to describe a sleepless night (4,7) |
| JETE | Dance term literally meaning "thrown" |
| NONPLACET | Legal term, literally "it does not please" (3,6) |
| TOSSANDTURN | Have a sleepless night |
| BLANCHE | Paired with "nuit", French for "white night", hence a sleepless night or a dusk-to-dawn party/festival (7) |
| SAYYOUSAYME | Lionel Richie hit featured in White Nights (3,3,3,2) |
| PEA | Cause of a sleepless night for a princess, in a fairy tale |
| PARALYMPICS | Literally meaning 'beside the Olympics', this event began in 1948 as a gathering for British World War II veterans |
| NESSUNDORMA | Aria from Turandot, literally meaning 'Let no-one sleep' (6,5) |
| EVE | For many of those whose 12As were all aglow, Christmas ___ was a sleepless night |
| BLANC | French word meaning "white" that is used as a culinary term to describe butter-based sauces or pale-yellowish-coloured wine (5) |
| TOSSING | Half a sleepless night? |
| REDEYES | Result of a sleepless night |
| DRAGIN | Show up after a sleepless night |
| TOSS | Have a sleepless night |
| SNORE | Cause a sleepless night, maybe |
| AUBURN | Word derived from the Latin meaning "white" yet is used to describe a reddish-brown colour (6) |
| NIGHT | ... LesBleus had a sleepless one ahead of their RWC 2015 match with Italy due to a noisy wedding party (5) |
| TOTUP | Add to RAM, implying sleepless night ahead? (3,2) |
| TOSSABOUT | Throw a fight and have sleepless night? (4,5) |
