| DERIGUEUR | It's essential if you want to speak French (2,7) |
| SPITITOUT | Don't participate, nursing depression: do you want to speak? |
| PASSPORT | Gorge on drink - it's essential if you want to get away from it all (8) |
| PARLEYVOO | OAP, overly disposed to speak French (9) |
| STRONGARM | Bully-boy tactics - essential if you're carrying weight (6,3) |
| BATHTUB | Somewhere to get one's ducks in a row is essential if you want to come clean (7) |
| STAR | Art's essential if you want to attain top billing (4) |
| UNDERTHETHUMB | Describes hen-pecked type perhaps in three European articles - essential if you want a lift (5,3,5) |
| MOZAMBIQUE | Republic, a second, and almost another, that appears to speak French |
| CAN | Is able to, ... speak French |
| STREAK | Strip? It's essential if doing one |
| SWEAR | Speak French, you might say |
| GOODRECEPTION | Presumably this is essential if you're tuning into the match after the wedding (4,9) |
| GABON | Keep chitchatting where Africans speak French (5) |
| SUM | Money essential if finishing early and retiring? |
| MUSKRAT | Fur's an essential if covering chest over |
| FLUENT | Can fully speak French or English, is what? |
| PARLE | ""Je ___ francais" ("I speak French") |
| QUEBECER | Strange admitting Belgian college speaks French (8) |
| LINGUIST | He speaks French, perhaps, lusting over one (8) |
