| ALDERNEY | The closest of the Channel Islands to the UK and France, chief town St Anne (8) |
| SOLICITUDE | Member of assembly's adviser prefers the Channel Islands to the Home Counties (10) |
| EUROSTAR | High-speed rail link between the UK and France (8) |
| NICE | Capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department of SE France; chief resort of the Cote d'Azur, or French Riviera (4) |
| BROTHERSIN | Aren't they the closest of associates, mates, in civil or uncivil times? (8,2,4) |
| ARMS | Aren't they the closest of associates, mates, in civil or uncivil times? (8,2,4) |
| LENDLEASE | US provision of military equipment to the UK and its allies in World War II (4-5) |
| SHELL | Oil and gas company that, in November 2021, proposed moving to the UK and dropping "Royal Dutch" from its name |
| ENTENTECORDIALE | Agreements between the UK and France, signed in 1904 |
| PICOT | Sykes-___ Line: Drawn by the UK and France (5) |
| BREST | Port in N.W. France, chief naval station of the country (5) |
| BFFS | The closest of pals, briefly |
| ISLES | British ___ (home to the UK and Ireland) (5) |
| SCALLION | Son gathered everyone in the Channel Islands to see an onion (8) |
| HEPWORTH | Yorkshire-born sculptor who lived and worked in the Cornish seaside town St Ives for most of her life; her works include Seated Figure, Two Forms, Mother and Child and Family of Man (8) |
| SOCIABLE | Warm trio of islands to the west (8) |
| ASUNCION | A huge star on Channel Islands to broadcast with capital locked in South America (8) |
| FARCICAL | Long way, Channel Islands to California - quite ludicrous (8) |
| AMETHYST | Place me in Kildare town street? That's a gem! (8) |
| BASSCLEF | Different scales in Britain and France for thing put on staff? (4,4) |
