| MENAGE | Household, from the French |
| SALON | An assembly of guests in a fashionable household from the 17th to the early 20th centuries |
| TENDU | From the French meaning "stretched", one of the battlements in classical ballet where the extended foot never leaves the floor (5) |
| LEGATE | Emissary from the pope emerging from the French port (6) |
| CLOCHE | From the French meaning "bell", a type of miniature greenhouse for protecting young vegetable plants from the elements or to germinate seedlings (6) |
| SCHELDT | River flowing from the French village of Gouy through the port of Antwerp to the North Sea (7) |
| DULLEST | Lines from the French - French is the most tedious (7) |
| ALDERNEY | Separated from the French coast by a hazardous tidal race, the Channel Island with the capital and main town St Anne (8) |
| BUTLER | Derived from the French meaning "bottle" or "cup-bearer", the most senior manservant of a large household (6) |
| MIGNONETTE | From the French meaning "little darling", the plant reseda or its shade of green; lace from Arras; or, sauce for oysters (10) |
| BOCHE | Derogatory term, derived from the French for a German soldier, used by the Allies in the First World War (5) |
| CORSAGE | Derived from the French meaning "body", a small boutonniere-like bouquet or spray worn on the wrist or pinned to the bodice of a dress (7) |
| OUIJA | Board has approval from the French and the Germans (5) |
| DOSADOS | From the French, what is a seat designed so that the occupants sit back-to-back? (3-1-3) |
| BEAUMONDE | From the French meaning "beautiful world", a phrase used to describe the "bon ton"; or, a variety of |
| PISTE | From the French meaning "track", a downward mountain trail for skiing and snowboarding; or, the term |
| MANICURE | From the French meaning "hand care", a professional treatment for the fingernails and hands (8) |
| APLOMB | Coolness or assurance (derived from the French words meaning "according to the plummet") |
| MERLOT | Derived from the French meaning "little blackbird", a variety of red wine from grapes grown in Bordeaux or California (6) |
| CLAIR | - de Lune; from the French meaning "light of the moon", Paul Verlaine's poem that inspired Claude Debussy (5) |
