| LAIC | The French, I see, were secular (4) |
| JENA | For the French, I name area where Napoleon was dominant (4) |
| CHIC | Elegance is necessary to the French, I concede (4) |
| SITE | See, we're told, as a plot (4) |
| JUNE | Being French, I embrace one girl at a time (4) |
| ETRE | "To be" in French I |
| AIME | "Je t'___": French "I love you" |
| JEAN | Nominally, being French, I take a year |
| JOKE | In French, I must grasp fine gag |
| SUIS | "Je ___" (French "I am") |
| THELASTLAUGH | Ultimate success, stealth deployed by the French: I don't like it (3,4,5) |
| LEISURELY | Of course, supporting the French I must be relaxed (9) |
| NESTLE | Sent out by the French, I settle down comfortably (6) |
| JESTING | The French I hurt, but only in fun (7) |
| PLAIN | For it is ___ as anyone can see. We're simply meant to be romantic words from The Nightmare Before Christmas |
| INABIT | "Can't you see we're busy?!" |
| BALTIC | See, we're told, can be very cold in winter (6) |
| SEASIDE | Sees, we're told, a little fish on the shore (7) |
| ADIEU | 'Farewell', from the Norman French '[I commend you] to God' (5) |
| JET | Being French, I come to the right conclusion about a plane |
