| 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 |
| MAKINGAFACE | Smirking, scowling, or smiling, and what the sets of circled letters in this puzzle are doing? |
| SOLEMN | Not cheerful or smiling |
| RADIANT | Smiling or laughing about present times |
| 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) |
| 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" |
| SPRIG | Little stem of flowers, foliage or berries; or, a representation of thus in the form of an embroidered motif or of a low-relief ornament applied to greenware (5) |
| FONDANT | From "melting", a melt-in-the-mouth icing for French fancies and other cakes; a sweet made of said paste; or, of a colour, soft or pastel (7) |
| GREEN | One of the main colours of the sett of a Black Watch or "government" tartan or of a Hunting Stewart tartan (5) |
