| QUERULOUS | That French sport needs soul somehow - it's tetchy (9) |
| ANOMALOUS | Atypical soul, somehow, with a lack of qualification |
| RURAL | Country sport needs right man (5) |
| EXTRINSIC | Somehow it's nicer to receive kiss from a foreign party? |
| CONQUEROR | Winner laid a hundred on that French leading runner to take gold (9) |
| CACOPHONY | That French pooch barking extremely noisily, makes din (9) |
| ETIQUETTE | English mostly snigger about that French behavioural code (9) |
| LETOUQUET | Chance to escape, taking in that French resort in the Pas-de-Calais |
| ELOQUENCE | The Spanish formerly possessed that French way with words |
| QUADRILLE | A repetitive set of exercises in that French dance |
| SQUEAMISH | Delicate silk initially that French put on some Protestants |
| TENNIS | Medieval, originally French, sport, codified by the British (6) |
| FUN | Fellow joins a French sport (3) |
| LACROSSE | A sideways ball in the French sport (8) |
| GAMEOFCRICKET | Springbok takes to old French sport with a ball - nightwatchman might be required to leave pavilion for this (4,2,7) |
| SALOMON | French sports equipment maker with an outlet at Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port (7) |
| QUECHUA | South American people - or a French sports brand (7) |
| BLEUS | Allez les _____!: French sports fans' chant. (5) |
| MATRA | _ M530, French sports model first shown in 1967 (5) |
| BUGATTI | Italian/French sports car marque (7) |
