| UNHIP | Square containing a French joint |
| PORTSALUT | Left tart containing a French cheese |
| UNCORK | Open bottle containing a French port (6) |
| UNHINGE | Remove stability in a French joint (7) |
| ANKLE | A new kid initially supporting the French joint (5) |
| GERMCELL | ... partially gets convoluted clue without second-guessing setter, conundrum finally grasped, basically fills a square containing next seed? (4,4) |
| NECTARINE | Square containing exposed area of land for fruit |
| QUALIFIED | Modified square containing 51 oddly depleted offices (9) |
| RAVIOLI | Pasta squares containing meat (7) |
| BURSA | Sac or pouchlike cavity, especially one containing a fluid that reduces friction as between a tendon and a bone |
| ENDOSCOPE | A long, slender, medical instrument containing a light and a camera (9) |
| BAGATELLE | A roll containing a slice of tomato with bits of lettuce - a mere trifle |
| COCO | ___ de mer, a palm tree of the Seychelles, producing a large fruit containing a two-lobed edible nut (4) |
| LASER | A devise containing a crystal gas in which atoms, when stimulated by focused light waves, amplify and concentrate these waves, then emit them in a narrow intense beam |
| OASTHOUSE | A building with a conical roof containing a kiln to dry hops (4,5) |
| CLAUSE | A group of words containing a subject and finite verb / provision in a formal or legal document |
| CASE | Box containing a dozen bottles of wine or champagne; an item of luggage; or, a slip/cover for a pillow (4) |
| SASH | One of a pair of sliding frames containing a pane of glass for a window of the same name (4) |
| ALMAGEST | A work on astronomy, compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD, containing a description of the geocentric system of the universe and a star catalogue |
| TRACT | In anatomy, a region of the body containing a system of organs or tissues serving a particular function (5) |
