| MALENTENDU | Word from French meaning a misunderstanding (10) |
| APERCU | Word from French meaning a brief outline (6) |
| ETRANGER | Word from French meaning foreign or a foreigner (8) |
| ENTREZ | Word from French meaning come in (6) |
| CHEZ | Word from French meaning at the home or establishment of (4) |
| EPERDU | Word from French meaning distracted (6) |
| DERNIERCRI | Expression from French meaning the latest fashion (7,3) |
| REGLET | Word, from French for "little rule", for a column of a page originally, later a narrow band separating mouldings; a fillet; or, a strip of wood for making white spaces between type in printing (6) |
| BULLET | Word, from French "ball" and Latin "bubble", for a cannonball first, later a pellet shot from a small arm (6) |
| EXPRESSION | Phrase meaning a feeling for music (10) |
| SHARD | Archaically, a boundary water; dialectically, a gap; vernacularly, a broken piece, crock or scrap of pottery; or, zoologically, from a misunderstanding of Shakespeare, a beetle's elytron or wing case |
| BLET | Word, from French for "overripe pear", for a state of softness or decay in a fruit such as a medlar or quince (4) |
| BOOMORBUST | "B" term meaning "a setup with an out-of-sight microphone"? |
| DOGSDINNER | Phrase meaning a complete mess (4,6) |
| CACHE | From French meaning "to hide", a secret place for ammunition, provisions or treasure; or, a hidden hoard of said items therein (5) |
| ENAMI | Expression from French meaning as a friend (2,3) |
| ONEOFAKIND | Informal term meaning 'a person unlike any other' (3,2,1,4) |
| ASOFTTOUCH | Expression meaning 'a person easily persuaded to lend money' (1,4,5) |
| NOTETOSELF | Idiom meaning a reminder of what one needs to do (4,2,4) |
| VESTIGE | Word, from French via Latin for "footprint", for a trace or remnant of something disappearing, gone or lost; or, a scrap, shred or least amount (7) |
