| SOAPSTONE | Steatite or French chalk (9) |
| CHERBOURG | Revised brochure on German or French port (9) |
| CHEVALIER | Knight, or French singer Maurice (9) |
| ASEPALOUS | When English friends or French intruding, there's no blooming protection (9) |
| CORNEILLE | US university admitting one English or French author |
| BERNOULLI | Mathematician from Swiss town or French returning wretched |
| MINERAL | Homogeneous inorganic substance such as sea salt, French chalk, jade, opal, turquoise or fire and ice crystal (7) |
| TALC | French chalk, e.g. |
| TAILOR | French chalk user |
| ETATISTE | Steatite |
| STEATITE | Soft compact rock composed mostly of talc, also known as soapstone and French chalk (8) |
| BOULE | An orb used in a petanque-like game; a pear- or tear drop-shaped imitation ruby or sapphire; or, French for a round loaf or cob of bread (5) |
| ROUGE | French word for red; a cosmetic for staining the lips or cheeks; or, French red wine in general (5) |
| VINAIGRETTE | Historical man- or horse-drawn French sedan chair, so called for its resemblance to acetum-sellers' carts; a small decorative bottle for smelling salts; or, French dressing (11) |
| HARICOT | Kidney or French bean plant or seed (7) |
| HILL | *Sledding spot, ... or French or Martha |
| BOURSE | French exchange students finally getting into British or French study of beliefs? (6) |
| CROUTONS | Pieces of fried or grilled bread served with Caesar salad or French onion soup (8) |
| LAVENDER | English or French shrub with flowers distilled for essential oil, dried to fragrance wardrobes or grown in pots, potagers and borders (8) |
| CLOVES | Aromatic dried flower buds crushed as one of the ingredients in mixed spice or French equivalent quatre epices; or, the segments forming a bulb of garlic (6) |
