| REAGI | From the French for "to laugh", a word used to mean cheerful, chuckling, merry or smiling; or, of a landscape, delightful to the view (5) |
| RIANT | From the French for "to laugh", a word used to mean cheerful, chuckling, merry or smiling; or, of a landscape, delightful to the view (5) |
| BRIGHT | Word for a bold or vivid colour, also used to mean cheerful, clever, full of light, promising or sunny (6) |
| HYENAS | Animals said to laugh a lot |
| IRAN | 1982 song by (try not to laugh) A Flock of Seagulls: "And _ ___, _ ___ so far away..." |
| MAKINGAFACE | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| RADIANT | Smiling or laughing about present times |
| SOLEMN | Not cheerful or smiling |
| SERIOUS | Not smiling or laughing |
| BOBBLE | Word for the oscillating motion of disturbed water or of a floating cork; a pill on the surface of cloth; a pompom for a woolly hat; a tie for a ponytail; or, a bungle, fluff, fudge or fumble (6) |
| BERCEUSE | From the French for "to rock", a cradle-song, hushaby or lullaby with which to gently sway a baby to sleep; or, a musical composition, such as Chopin's famous Op 57 soother, suggestive of such a baloo |
| CROW | Short word for a bar of iron with a beak-like end; the triumphant caw of a cockerel; the joyful cry of a baby or of a boastful person; or, a small raven-like bird with a raucous call (4) |
| PARLOUR | From the Old French for "to speak", a monastery or nunnery's apartment for conversation; an antiquated word for a sitting room; a beauty salon; an ice cream shop; or, a milking shed (7) |
| MORSEL | Word, from Old French for "to bite", for a mouthful or choice scrap of food; a dainty; a small child or person; or, a modicum generally (6) |
| JOLLY | Word, thought to stem from the name of the mid-winter feast or festival "Yule", for "cheerful, delightful, merry"; or, a happy celebration or party (5) |
| SHANTY | A crudely built hut or ramshackle dwelling; or, thought to derive from the French for "to sing", the rhythmical song to which sailors hauled ropes (6) |
| PEIGNOIR | Word for a dressing-gown or negligee that derives from the French for "to comb", since it was originally worn while combing the hair (8) |
| ARTICLE | A clause of the Creed or of a contract; an item of business; the adjective "the"; a feature, piece, report or other journalistic composition; or, an object, thingamy or whatsit (7) |
| REPETITEUR | Word for a ballet tutor derived from the French for "to do again" |
| APICAL | Word describing the top of a hill, pyramid or rung; or, of a speech sound made with the tip of the tongue (6) |
