| SUZHOU | No English in canal site hospital or in French place on Grand Canal |
| COHORT | Group with a shared feature in old hospital or in court (6) |
| LETUP | Reduction in intensity in the French place on reflection (3-2) |
| THRALL | Slave state with no English in there at all |
| COLLINS | Actor reveals depression with no English in her part (7) |
| MORAL | Good in English or in French bad |
| AVIGNON | English banker consuming mixed gin in French place (7) |
| LEAPYEAR | Periodically, one in four of the foreign press agency is on Yankee canal site (4,4) |
| ROI | Louis XIV the Sun King, or, in French, 'le ... soleil' |
| ANGERS | Sausages, but no starter in French place (6) |
| SUR | On, in French place names |
| SITUATE | Tea is circulated around you in French place (7) |
| SMALLHOURS | Possibly one or two in hospital, or around university, in pants? (5,5) |
| SITCOM | Friends perhaps come on site, having absolutely no English (6) |
| EDEN | Newspaper boss in French place that's heavenly |
| TOURNEDOS | Steak done badly in French place |
| LIEUTENANT | Military officer in French place, renting |
| DELI | Indian city with no hospital or place to buy food (4) |
| SHIREHORSE | What's used for draught in county hospital or site left empty |
| DREARY | Dismal canal site located in plain (6) |
