| ENTREZ | Word from French meaning come in (6) |
| APERCU | Word from French meaning a brief outline (6) |
| EPERDU | Word from French meaning distracted (6) |
| CHEZ | Word from French meaning at the home or establishment of (4) |
| ETRANGER | Word from French meaning foreign or a foreigner (8) |
| MALENTENDU | Word from French meaning a misunderstanding (10) |
| MIBOUC | Expression from French meaning for shame (2,4) |
| FIDONC | Expression from French meaning for shame (2,4) |
| 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) |
| AMENDE | Word from French for a fine or penalty (6) |
| ETOILE | Word from French for a star-shaped object (6) |
| ENCORE | What word from French might be shouted by an audience? (6) |
| FRAPPE | Referring to drinks, what word from French means iced or chilled? (6) |
| CANARD | Word, from French for "duck, hoax, quack" or "half-sell a duck", for a deceit, fable, false report, ridiculous story, trick or unfounded rumour (6) |
| BETISE | Word, from French for "beast, brute, fool", for a blunder, folly, gaffe, ill-timed remark or other stupidity (6) |
| DIAMANTE | From French, meaning literally "set with diamonds", what word is an anagram of animated? (6) |
| ADROITE | Expression from French meaning to the right (1,6) |
| MERLOT | Derived from the French meaning "little blackbird", a variety of red wine from grapes grown in Bordeaux or California (6) |
| AMBUSH | From the Old French meaning in wood, a surprise attack launched from a concealed position (6) |
