| CAPONIER | Word, from the Spanish or French for "chicken house, cockerel coop", for a fort's covered hutch-like tunnel for a soldier or a troop (8) |
| HUTCH | Wooden coop for a pet rabbit; or, a baker's kneading-trough (5) |
| POULET | French for chicken |
| RUELLE | What's normal about the Spanish or French lane (6) |
| CARELESS | Slipshod of the Spanish or French to intervene in stroke (8) |
| BOULE | An orb used in a petanque-like game; a pear- or tear drop-shaped imitation ruby or sapphire; or, French for a round loaf or cob of bread (5) |
| SUR | Spanish for "south" or French for "over" |
| CITADEL | About to object to a new deal for a fort (7) |
| SNOW | Material for a fort that won't withstand much firepower |
| TREE | Place for a fort |
| ROUGE | Blush, or French for 47-Across |
| LOFT | Collective noun for pigeons or a coop for housing such; a stroke causing a golf ball to rise; or, a space above a stable for hay (4) |
| SOLERA | Word, from the Spanish for "base, bottom", for a "bottoms up" tiered aging and flavouring system for sherry (6) |
| RUSTLE | A sign of neglect by the Spanish - or a whisper to that effect (6) |
| RUN | Word for a gallop or jog that also means an upstream migration of salmon, a roulade, an enclosure for chickens, a score of one in cricket or a sequence of cards in one suit (3) |
| MUSTANG | Word from the Spanish for "stray beast" |
| VAMOOSE | Word from the Spanish for "let's go" |
| PATIO | Word from the Spanish for "courtyard" |
| PATIOS | Word from the Spanish for "courtyards" |
| CACCIATORE | From the Italian meaning "hunter", a tomato, rosemary and garlic-based sauce for chicken or rabbit (10) |
