| PANTRY | Word from Old French for 'bread room' |
| TIMBRE | Word, from Old French for "bell" and medieval Greek for "drum", for klang, sound quality or tone colour (6) |
| DAUB | Word, from Old French for "clothe in white" or "whitewash" , for clay, mud or plaster applied to wattles; a smear or splodge of something sticky; or, a crude or unskilled painting (4) |
| MORSEL | Word, from Old French for "to bite", for a mouthful or choice scrap of food; a dainty; a small child or person; or, a modicum generally (6) |
| PUPPY | Word, from Old French for "doll, plaything", for a young dog (5) |
| CLIQUE | Word, from Old French for "make a noise", for a small exclusive set or coterie of friends or associates (6) |
| RELY | Word from Old French for "hold firmly" |
| MINSTREL | Word from Old French for "servant" |
| MANOR | Word from Old French for "dwell" |
| EPEE | Word from Old French for "lance" |
| ALAS | Word from Old French for 'wretched' |
| FEINT | Word from Old French for "pretended" |
| FELON | Word from Old French for "traitor" |
| TRYST | Word from Old French for "waiting place" |
| STRIVE | Word from Old French for "compete" |
| MESS | Word from Old French for "portion of food" |
| SCARF | From Old French for "pilgrim's pouch or scrip", a word for an official or soldier's sash for carrying things originally, later for a length/square of cloth for the neck or shoulders (5) |
| SCULLERY | From Old French for "bowl, dish" and Latin for "salver, tray, wooden platter", word first for the department of a household concerned with cookery utensils, later a small kitchen for the washing of sa |
| LARDER | From Old French for "bacon-tub", a place for storing said porcine meat originally, later a cool pantry-like room or cupboard for food in general (6) |
| CHAPLET | From Old French for "garland of roses" and "hat", a word for a wreath of flowers or foliage for the head; a circlet of gold; or, a string of beads, one-third of a rosary in length (7) |
