| RATTIGAN | Terence ?, author of stage plays French Without Tears and Separate Tables |
| TERENCE | English dramatist whose works include The Winslow Boy (1946) and Separate Tables (1954) (7,8) |
| DOPES | Some of the French without work ___ stupid folk (5) |
| RENTFREE | Sort of residence that's desirable, being without tears (4,4) |
| SERENDIP | Return of food without tear from land of lucky finders (8) |
| LEISURELY | Gentle current follows the French, without doubt (9) |
| SINGLE | Exotic gins produced by the French without accompaniment (6) |
| LOSETRACK | Security without tears, possibly - fail to follow (4,5) |
| DRYEYED | Subtle regard placed on Dutch Without Tears (3-4) |
| ODDMENT | Demonstrated (without tears) how to make a remnant (7) |
| RIGBY | Terence ?, actor whose roles included PC Snow in BBC TV series Softly Softly: Task Force (5) |
| WITHREFERENCETO | Card for Terence? He runs about (4,9,2) |
| STAMP | Terence ?, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Billy Budd (5) |
| BOOSTER | Getting some boos, Terence? You need the third Covid jab (7) |
| INBRIEF | Popular cheese, originally French, without elaboration |
| SANS | French "without" |
| ALLEVIATION | Left the French without flying relief (11) |
| CLEAN | John captures the French without weapons? (5) |
| COUNTLESS | Noblemen besiege the French without end (9) |
| DISCREET | Unobtrusive and separate, by the sound of it . . . (8) |
