| PRISCILLA | Girl, not the first, French teacher quietly upset |
| NELL | Little girl, not the first that's into cannelloni |
| SECONDCLASS | One assists Conservative girl, not the best (6,5) |
| FORETS | Departement of the French First Republic, and later the First French Empire, whose capital was Luxembourg City |
| GENETICIST | Mendel, perhaps, was the first French writer here in French street (10) |
| TRAVEL | The first French composer to take to the road |
| SYLVESTER | Adopted name of three popes, including Gerbert of Aurillac, the first French holder of the office (999-1003) (9) |
| PAVON | Matthieu _, the first French golfer to win on the modern PGA Tour (5) |
| TROUSSEAU | The first French painter to produce things for a bride (9) |
| LACOSTE | Winner of the first French Open |
| TILE | The first French island with slate e.g. (4) |
| URFE | Honore d'-; author whose 17th-century pastoral L'Astree is considered the first French novel (4) |
| ROLLET | New France... Marie ___ (In 1617, she became the first French woman to settle in Quebec City where there is a statue of her today) |
| AGOUTI | August the 1st, French government brought in American guinea pig |
| OTHER | Love met finally? That girl's not the one! |
| LATER | More delayed, the French teacher initially meeting the queen (5) |
| PLATFORM | Raised surface used by the French teacher, at first, in quiet class |
| RINGLET | Lock for enclosure given to the French teacher initially (7) |
| LEDON | The French teacher was encouraging |
| URUGUAYAN | No to the French teacher going over Latin! |
