| KOLN | German city whose French name gives us a perfume (4) |
| CHEST | Name give to the trunk of the body between the neck and abdomen (5) |
| NATO | Defense org. whose French name is its English name in reverse |
| OBOE | Instrument whose French name, hautbois, meaning "high wood", reflects its pitch compared with related woodwinds including the bassoon (4) |
| KIEL | Northern German city whose canal connects the North Sea with the Baltic |
| SCAR | Mark gives us a bit of a scare (4) |
| ECHO | Paris -; the most recent novel by Sebastian Faulks, author whose French trilogy includes The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Birdsong (4) |
| BEAM | Ray gives us a big smile (4) |
| BORE | The tedious fellow gives us a wave (4) |
| TURN | Act that gives us a fright (4) |
| ALTO | Ballot box regularly gives us a voice |
| EGRET | A heron whose French name, "aigrette", is used to describe one of said wader's plumes; or, a feathery crown or "clock" of a dandelion (5) |
| LADSLOVE | Aromatic plant known as maid's passion, old man or southernwood and whose French name, garderobe, meaning "clothes-keeper", refers to its use as a moth repellent (4,4) |
| CLUE | Word after Give Us A - title of a show on ITV from 1979-92 (4) |
| OTIS | Form of therapy is provided by someone to give us a lift (4) |
| DEAL | Give us a hand with the wood (4) |
| EXIT | He can give us a toot (4) |
| NAIL | Spike may give us a clout (4) |
| AACHEN | City and spa in Germany whose French name is Aix-la-Chapelle |
| SING | Sign off and give us a tune |
