| MOUNT | Comment from Ravel about a French stage (5) |
| VOLTAIRE | French author exploded to Ravel about one (8) |
| MOTIF | A word from Ravel provided musical theme (5) |
| PUJOL | Joseph ?, French stage entertainer whose stage name was Le Petomane (5) |
| TAUNT | A lot of rubbish about a French jibe (5) |
| LOIRE | I have knowledge about a French flower (5) |
| SAUNA | Appeal about a French article in steam room (5) |
| OPERACOMIQUE | Cop a Requiem arranged to involve old French stage company (5,7) |
| AGENTNOUN | A man upset about a French actor's name (5,4) |
| MORRIS | Dance teacher pirouettes after second piece from Ravel |
| SPECTACLE | Excitedly accepts article from Ravel for great show (9) |
| IRMALADOUCE | French stage musical later adapted into a 1963 film starring Shirley MacLaine (4,2,5) |
| SWANLAKE | Boast to English about the French stage production |
| TUNESUP | What musician does, terribly upset about a French one (5,2) |
| SARAHBERNHARDT | French stage actress born in 1844 noted for playing female and male roles (5,9) |
| DEGENERATION | Decline of French stage (12) |
| BERNHARDT | Sarah, French stage actress born Henriette Ros- ine Bernard in 1844 (9) |
| IRMA | Jack Lemmon rom-com based on French stage musical, ...la Douce (4) |
| ARTAUD | Antonin --, French stage director and dramatist (6) |
| DOWNUNDER | End row that's raging about a French director in Australia? (4,5) |
