| SKELETONKEYS | Thousands backing the Spanish and French on Florida islands; they will open any door (8,4) |
| LATCHKEY | Take gold currency to church on Florida island for entry requirement (5,3) |
| RIVERS | "I was smart enough to go through any door that opened." A stand-up comedian, she hosted The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson many times. |
| EXIT | When you're leaving a building, you can use any door except one marked "emergency ___" |
| CARFERRY | Transport loaded with English and French on way back? |
| TAURUS | Sign letter in Greek and French on back (6) |
| SWAMPCABBAGE | Took a dip before a BBC page broadcast on Florida state plant (5,7) |
| ALIBABA | Poor woodcutter in the Arabian Nights entertainments who discovers that the magic words 'open sesame' will open the doors of a cave containing the treasure of the Forty Thieves |
| PIGEONS | These birds (about 250 known species) occur worldwide except in the coldest regions and the most remote islands. They all strut about with a characteristic bobbing of the head. In The Merchant of Veni |
| RUBELLA | Catch the Spanish and French and German measles (7) |
| PAPEETE | Pete and an ape found on the Society Islands. They made capital out of it (7) |
| EPAULET | Soft gold carried by the Spanish and French is used for shoulder ornament (7) |
| IMPELLED | Forced to act with a politician, the Spanish and French having departed (8) |
| KLEZMER | Backing the Spanish "King", I'm no longer in the frame to support old musician |
| PAELLA | Father having the Spanish (and French) dish (6) |
| ELFIN | The Spanish and French end could be spritely? (5) |
| ELECT | The Spanish and French, having caught cold, return (5) |
| NOBLE | Reversal of the Spanish and French. Good Lord! (5) |
| VELVET | Material from two volumes about the Spanish and French (6) |
| CLARET | Wine collection lacks the Spanish and French red (6) |
