| ALAMODE | Stylish, up to date; French, literally 'in the fashion' (1,2,4) |
| AUCOURANT | Informed, up-to-date; French, literally 'in the current' (2,7) |
| CLASSY | Stylish, up-market (6) |
| PELOTON | Main field or group of cyclists in a road race; French, literally 'small ball' (7) |
| DOUCEUR | Conciliatory present or bribe; from French, literally 'sweetness' (7) |
| INVITRO | Meaning literally "in glass", what are biological processes carried out away from the body? (2,5) |
| MODISTE | It's somehow in the fashion to be a dress designer (7) |
| EASTEREGG | Hidden DVD feature ... which can be found, literally, in the answers to the |
| CAPITALGAIN | Good news for investors, as seen literally in the answers to the starred clues |
| MODESTY | Seemliness in the fashion pen (7) |
| STYLIST | Creative consultant in the fashion or beauty industry (7) |
| CENTRALSQUARE | Cambridge, Massachusetts, neighborhood directly in between the campuses of MIT and Harvard, and what is literally in the other theme answers |
| WESTCOUNTRY | Region associated with scrumpy, and what is literally in the answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| ERA | Period of history literally in the middle... (3) |
| PIANOKEYS | "Ebony and Ivory," literally, in the song |
| IBID | Literally in the same place |
| IBIDEM | Literally, "in the aforementioned place" |
| RETROUSSE | Of a nose, turned up at the tip; French, literally, 'tucked up' (9) |
| SAVOIRFAIRE | Ability to act appropriately and adroitly in social situations; French, literally, 'know how to do' (6-5) |
| FONDU | Ballet movement in which the body is lowered by bending the supporting leg or legs; French, literally 'melted' (5) |
