| ALLIER | One making friends, as it were, in part of the Auvergne (6) |
| MASSIFCENTRAL | Geographical feature of the Auvergne (6,7) |
| ACTUALLY | Bill has trade union friend, as it happens |
| BROADS | They may go sideways, as it were, in Norfolk (6) |
| DELUGE | Get off sled, as it were, in heavy rainfall? |
| OBERON | Honour Harry's Hogwarts friend as 'king of the fairies' (6) |
| PALTRY | It's petty making friend go (6) |
| MILLAY | Female poet known to friends as "Vincent" |
| SAVOIE | French department in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, capital Chambery (6) |
| FINISHINGSCHOOL | Refinery, as it were, in ... in trying to catch ... a lot of fish (9-6) |
| CANTAL | Cylindrical firm cheese produced in France's Auvergne region |
| FOFANA | Wesley -.Clermont Auvergne by union centre/wing; 2012 France Test debutant against Italy (6) |
| SKRELA | David ...... , former France and Clermont Auvergne rugby union fly-half (6) |
| WESLEY | 2012-19 France and 2008-22 Clermont Auvergne centre (6) |
| MORGAN | 2008-19 France and 2009-22 Clermont Auvergne scrum-half (6) |
| CHOULY | 2007-2017 France No. 8 at Clermont Auvergne from 2012-2019 between spells at Perpignan (6) |
| DAMIEN | 2007-2017 France No. 8 at Clermont Auvergne from 2012-2019 between spells at Perpignan (6) |
| LEWIS | Snowman, as it were, in the French fashion, to work the other way (5,5) |
| MATE | Friend, as in the centre of the first part of the name of this magazine! (4) |
| OXBRIDGE | Steerforth for one, as it were, in academia (8) |
