| TRISTESSE | French word for sadness (9) |
| HEARTACHE | Try account in article for sadness (9) |
| MISERE | From the French for "sadness" or "poverty", a bidding player's attempt to lose every trick in solo whist (6) |
| HEAVYHEART | Metaphor for sadness |
| TEARDUCT | Cut trade off ___ it's a channel for sadness (4,4) |
| CASSEROLE | From Greek for "little cup", Latin for "ladle, pan" and Old Provencal for "spoon-like container", an originally French word for a stew; or, the pot in which it is cooked (9) |
| PAPETERIE | French word for an often antiquarian box for stationery and writing materials (9) |
| LORGNETTE | French word for a pair of spectacles (9) |
| MESSIEURS | What is the French word for 'sirs'? (9) |
| ESCARGOTS | French word for snails (9) |
| REGISSEUR | French word for a stage manager or the director of a ballet company (9) |
| DECOUPAGE | French word for a form of decorative art based on gluing paper cut-outs to wooden boxes, trays, frames, chests of drawers ... (9) |
| VERONIQUE | French word for a dish of sole, turbot, scallops or chicken served with a creamy vermouth sauce with Muscat grapes (9) |
| MANNEQUIN | Derived from Dutch, a French word for a doll used to display clothes that also describes a dressmaker's dummy or an artist's lay-figure (9) |
| AIGRETTES | French word for little white herons that also refers to their plumes that once adorned headdresses; or, sprays of jewels resembling such (9) |
| BROCHETTE | French word for a skewer upon which to barbecue or grill various pieces of marinated food (9) |
| CONCIERGE | French word for a caretaker of of apartments or a small hotel (9) |
| BRASSERIE | Which type of restaurant comes from the French word for 'brewery'? (9) |
| FRAMBOISE | From "ambrosial strawberry, blackberry, bramble", French word for a raspberry; its colour; or, eau de vie or other liquor distilled from its juice (9) |
| DECOLLETE | French word for a low-cut dress or top that bares the neck/shoulders (9) |
