| DORSAY | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French foreign office (6) |
| QUAI | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French foreign office (4) |
| QUAIDORSAY | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (4,6) |
| ORSAY | Quay d'-----, Paris street, home of the French Foreign Office (5) |
| ARRAN | Quay d'-----, Paris street, home of the French Foreign Office (5) |
| APOGEE | Word for the point of a planet's orbit at which it is farthest from Earth, thus used figuratively to refer to a climax, culmination or highest point (6) |
| MOULIN | Famous cabaret in Paris whose name is French for 'red mill' (6,5) |
| MAGPIE | Corvid known collectively as a mischief whose name is used to refer to a chatterbox or a hoarder; the outermost-but-one ring on a target; or, slang for a halfpenny (6) |
| COTMAN | Artist of the Norwich School whose name is used by Winsor & Newton for a range of watercolours (6) |
| TITIAN | Famed Italian painter whose name is used to describe golden-red hair (6) |
| SPRUCE | Conifer whose name is used to mean dapper, neat, smart or trim (6) |
| ROUGE | Famous cabaret in Paris whose name is French for 'red mill' (6,5) |
| BUREAU | Polish backwater in French Foreign Office? (6) |
| TURNER | Artist who's name is used in an annual prize won notably by Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin (6) |
| LEADEN | The French foreign port lacking interest (6) |
| GUY | "Blast from the past" whose name is used to refer to a fellow, a joke, a lark, an oddly dressed figure or ridicule (3) |
| MAELSTROM | Used figuratively to describe a turbulent situation, a Dutch word for a whirlpool or vortex such as the world's strongest off the coast of Norway (9) |
| MILESTONE | Word for a waymarker/guidepost indicating distances to the nearest town or village, also used figuratively to describe a significant life event (9) |
| AZURE | From "lapis lazuli", a cerulean colour whose name is used poetically to refer to a clear blue sky (5) |
| NOTREDAME | Gothic cathedral on the Ile de la Cite in central Paris whose name means 'Our Lady' (5,4) |
