| MONSIGNOR | In Paris, my man was a senior prelate (9) |
| BISHOP | A senior prelate of an episcopate or "the purple"; or, port/wine mulled with bitter oranges, cloves and spices (6) |
| ARCHBISHOP | Senior prelate (10) |
| ABP | Senior prelate (abbr) (3) |
| READER | Was a senior academic a bookworm? (6) |
| SUPER | Was a senior officer very good, in short? (5) |
| MONOLOGUE | In Paris, my old box contains top-class speech |
| GUERRILLA | Heard aggressive-looking man was a freedom fighter (9) |
| PARISIANS | 'I like Paris. My problem is I don't like ___': Olivier Martinez (9) |
| CORPULENT | My man set out to be overweight (9) |
| WILLPOWER | "My Man On ___" (Sabrina Carpenter song with the lyric "He fell in love with self-restraint") |
| CORNEILLE | My man, the French tragic dramatist |
| MASSEUR | In Paris, my sister picked up a rubber |
| RICHELIEU | Cardinal ___, 1585-1642, French prelate and statesman (9) |
| MONSOON | In Paris, my child inhales oxygen, producing wind (7) |
| MONOPOLY | In Paris, my old college is game (8) |
| MONTMARTRE | In Paris, my time marks creative works on its painterly quarter (10) |
| MONOCLE | In Paris, my uncle loses second new visual aid (7) |
| HESITATES | Poor atheist's close to prelate - and so is lost? |
| TOLERANCE | Lot upset — prelate ultimately managed church, providing open-mindedness |
