| CUMMERBUND | Bruce awkwardly retains two marks on a French and Dutch waistband (10) |
| COMMONLY | The firm only retains two Frenchmen as a rule |
| ABFAB | Britcom based on a "French and Saunders" sketch |
| GAIATHEORY | Powers should retain two articles in satellite? 1 Across's idea! |
| TRELLIS | Tries somehow to retain two lines in framework for plants (7) |
| GRADUATION | Gaining a degree for marks on a ruler, say (10) |
| UNFINISHED | A French and Finnish report by writer of The Castle, the famous Kafkaesque one, in a literary sense (10) |
| SUNLOUNGER | See a French and German after much celebrated item by pool? (3,7) |
| BALDERDASH | British tree and Dutch tree rot (10) |
| PATESBOOTY | What "X" marks on a treasure map |
| ABUNDANCE | A book followed by a French and British actor a huge amount (9) |
| PIPS | Marks on a die or on a playing card (4) |
| WHIP | From Old German and Dutch for "swing, leap, dance", a lash, slender twig or switch; a quick movement; or, a parliamentary disciplinarian (4) |
| LEA | A French and English article found on the field (3) |
| UNDERPAY | Short change after a French and German article on earnings (8) |
| FUNNIEST | A French and a German reflection by Old Bob in the paper is most amusing (8) |
| UNAWARE | A French and a Western leader are in the dark (7) |
| HORMONAL | Hard soldiers with marks on a line characterising a type of imbalance? (8) |
| GRADUATE | Put marks on a stick for a student at the end of degree (8) |
| RIDGE | From Old English for "spine, crest" and Dutch for "back", a long narrow hilltop or mountain range; or, the spine of a whale or other animal (5) |
