| ESPAGNOLE | Spanish in name but French by nature - a classic Escoffierian "sauce mere" of brown roux, tomatoes and veal stock, often used as a base for demi-glace (9) |
| CIGARETTE | It may be great in name, but it's harmful in nature |
| MONKHMER | Her Majesty in name, but not one relating to Indo-Chinese language |
| CANDLEWICK | Traditionally embroidered with whitework designs inspired by nature, a soft cotton fabric used for bedspreads (10) |
| ROSALIE | 1937 MGM film adaptation of a 1928 stage musical of the same name, but with most of the Broadway score replaced with new songs by Cole Porter |
| BONANZA | Good French by most of the forces down under is a piece of luck (7) |
| SPANIEL | Dog with a breed popularised by Charles II and another named after Blenheim Palace, for example; or, alluding to its reputed submissive nature, a word for a fawning person (7) |
| ARISTOTLE | Philosopher who said "Man is by nature a political animal" |
| BOWLEGGED | Urged on to play cricket, though by nature a jockey? (3-6) |
| NATURA | By nature, a girl about to swim? |
| POLITICAL | "Man is by nature a ___ animal": Aristotle |
| MAN | "___ is, by nature, a social animal": Socrates |
| WHISK | A knot of rope fibres or a bundle of straw as a brush; or, a kitchen utensil used when making a roux, souffle, meringue or omelette (5) |
| FRIAR | Song served up in French by member of a religious order (5) |
| REPUTABLE | Having a good name, but a leper in another guise (9) |
| STEAKDIANE | A sometimes flambeed dish of pan-fried fillet or tenderloin of beef served in a roux or veloute flavoured with Worcester sauce (5,5) |
| DUBYA | President of the French by a term for this one (5) |
| TAILEND | The final part of story spoken in French by Penny (4,3) |
| DEVIANT | Odd type of French by way of Northern Territory (7) |
| ATHEART | In one's real nature - a threat (anag) (2,5) |
