| YUILERIES | Name of the formal gardens between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in Paris (9) |
| TUILERIES | Parisian public gardens between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde (9) |
| NOT | Negative, sounding like the formal garden, comprising aromatic plants and box edging! (3) |
| PARTERRE | Sow away from tree sparrow in the formal garden (8) |
| SKEWER | Run through gardens between son and queen (6) |
| BRECY | Jardins du Chateau de -; 17th-century chateau and Italian style-garden between Caen and Bayeux in France (5) |
| URBANOASIS | Garden between buildings, e.g. |
| OBELISKS | Tapering stone pillars with pyramidal tops such as those at the centre of the Place de la Concorde in Paris or any of those in Egypt or Rome (8) |
| OBELISK | Tapering stone pillar with a pyramidal top, such as that of the Place de la Concorde in Paris (7) |
| OVERVALUE | Exaggerate the importance of the Louvre and rave about losing top rating (9) |
| ELYSEES | Famous Paris boulevard which leads from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde; the Champs |
| PROMOTION | Advertising in favour of the formal proposition (9) |
| CHAMPSELYSEES | It runs from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe (6,7) |
| PARIS | City whose central Tuileries Garden separates the Louvre from the Place de la Concorde (5) |
| PARTIPRIS | Formal gardens (9) |
| GROUNDS | Word for the sweeping manicured parklands, estate and formal gardens of an impressive stately home, but also the dregs in the bottom of one's coffee, as opposed to its top layer of foam (7) |
| CHARDIN | French painter of animals, flowers, fruit, game and kitchenalia who, at the peak of his esteem, was rewarded by Louis XV with a studio/apartment in the Louvre and a royal pension (7) |
| PERRONET | Jean-Rodolphe ?, 18th-century French architect; designer of the Pont de la Concorde across the River Seine in Paris (8) |
| ERATO | Mythological Greek muse of lyric and love poetry, depicted on a sarcophagus exhibited in the Louvre and a painting by Simon Vouet (5) |
| TUMBREL | Last carriage to the Place de la Bastille ... tu, Monsieur Jacques? |
