| CASSOULET | Lost cause (anag) - French dish (9) |
| SAUCES | Causes (anag) (6) |
| CESTLAVIE | Vets Alice (anag) - French expression of resignation (4,2,3) |
| OSCULATES | Lost cause involved kisses (9) |
| WHYBOTHER | "It's a lost cause" |
| DEADHORSE | Wasting time and energy on a lost cause (8,1,4,5) |
| FLOGGINGA | Wasting time and energy on a lost cause (8,1,4,5) |
| SAINTJUDE | Raving Jesuit and patron of lost causes (5,4) |
| UNSAVOURY | A French dish is distasteful (9) |
| ENCHILADA | Had nice recipe, including the French dish (9) |
| FRICASSEE | French dish scorned in To A Haggis (9) |
| GALANTINE | Jones get in trouble about stuffed French dish? (9) |
| CASSEROLE | Wanting G&T, having ordered escargots, the French dish (9) |
| THERMIDOR | Lobster ----, French dish (9) |
| ONIONSOUP | French dish with a cheesy topping |
| TOURNEDOS | Beefy French dish surfed onto rocks without force |
| ENTRENOUS | Confidentially, the gumption to make a French dish, almost, in the tureen, son |
| MARCELPROUST | Corrupt males (anag) - French author (6,6) |
| SARTRE | Arrest (anag) - French philosopher, d. 1980 (6) |
| RENAULT | Neutral (anag) - French car (7) |
