| PETANQUE | The most popular boules game played in France |
| WATER | - - - rugby, version of our sport played in France on a floating pitch (5) |
| JACK | The bowls equivalent of the “cochonnet” in boules |
| SOLUBLE | Learner in playing boules describing a good crossword? (7) |
| BLOUSE | Playing boules in female attire |
| SABULOSE | Such as boules ground? |
| ABSOLUTE | Like some rulers when playing at boules (8) |
| EMMA | The most popular newborn girl's name in the US in 2018 |
| GUYDEMAUPASSANT | Author of the short story Boule de Suif (suet dumpling) |
| THEREDLION | The most popular pub name in the UK according to The Morning Advertiser (3,3,4) |
| TAYLOR | Last name for the percussionist in Queen, a British rock band known for fusing heavy metal, glam rock, and camp theatrics to make it one of the most popular groups of the 1970s. (6) |
| IBNMUQLAH | Who is associated with the development of naskhi script, the most popular style of cursive in the Arab world? |
| RANCH | In 1992, this overtook Italian as the most popular salad dressing in the U.S. |
| ATLANTICCITY | Gambling resort, the most popular tourist destination in the US during the late 1980s (8,4) |
| LOAF | Known in French as "miche" and kneaded into shapes including boule, pave, bloomer, cob, split tin or plait, a standard quantity of baked bread (4) |
| REDLY | In the hue of the most popular lipstick choice |
| TEA | One of the most popular drinks in the world |
| TONY | Probably the most popular professional skateboarder in the world ___ Hawk |
| CHEDDAR | The most popular cheese in the United Kingdom |
| NOAH | The most popular male baby name of 2014, or a man in the Book of Genesis |
