| ANCIEN | ___ Regime (term referring to pre-revolutionary France) |
| ANCIENREGIME | Pre Revolutionary France (6,6) |
| THIRDESTATE | Those not of the clergy or nobility in pre-revolutionary France |
| MENSREA | Legal term referring to the intention to commit a crime (4,3) |
| ASPS | Archaic term referring to venomous snakes, one of which is believed to have killed Cleopatra (4) |
| SPLENDID | Term referring to Britain's late 19th- century refusal to form international alliances, - isolation (8) |
| ESCALOPE | From French for "shell", a culinary term referring to a flattened cutlet of meat, typically breaded and fried in a similar manner to schnitzel (8) |
| JULIENNE | French culinary term referring to a portion of vegetables cut into matchstick-sized pieces as a garnish; or, a consomme to which a mixture of said allumette has been added (8) |
| CELTIC | ___ Tiger, a term referring to Ireland's economy from the 1990s to the late 2000s (6) |
| GODHEAD | Term referring to the Judeo-Christian God (7) |
| RARE | Term referring to meat that has been very lightly cooked (4) |
| ALDENTE | Italian cookery term referring to food being firm when eaten |
| SEAMSTRESS | Assess term referring to skilled worker (10) |
| STACCATO | Musical term referring to notes which are short, clipped and separate (8) |
| LALLANS | Term referring to dialects of the Lowlands of Scotland (7) |
| BESTIE | Slang term referring to one's closest friend (6) |
| DRIP | Slang term referring to someone's style being cool |
| RIDGE | Term referring to outdoor cucumber varieties such as 'Marketmore' (5) |
| IBID | Term referring to a prev. citation |
| LEVANT | Historical geographical term referring to the eastern Mediterranean (6) |
