| ROUNDEL | Travelled on horseback, hugging a French lake, making circle (7) |
| ORBITER | Spacecraft making circle, right nippy type |
| LOOPS | Reel turns making circles (5) |
| DUNLIN | Small bird making noise around a French lake (6) |
| SUNLIGHT | Natural illumination in view across a French lake |
| TRUNDLE | Coach turned round lake, making move slowly (7) |
| MUSICAL | Stage show with Greek character on French lake is over (7) |
| LACONIC | French lake takes on ice almost crisp (7) |
| CALDERA | A hot-looking French lake recalled as product of volcanism |
| CASSIEN | French lake, mecca of continental carp-fishing (*as since) (7) |
| CORSAIR | Gosh, gentleman is hugging a pirate! (7) |
| CHANNEL | Children left hugging a female sewer (7) |
| THEATRE | Plays in that position, hugging a touchline initially (7) |
| CHARADE | Revolutionary hugging a radical in an absurd act (7) |
| CANASTA | Players hugging a bridge player before a game of cards |
| LIPBALM | Everyman, blood pressure rising in the French lake with Frenchman wanting protection from elements (3,4) |
| HETAERA | The bad time for hugging a mistress |
| EMAILER | At end of race, Bannister, say, hugging a communicator? |
| DEADPAN | Poker-faced cleric hugging a daughter quietly |
| LADETTE | Rowdy young woman, short character, hugging a duke |
