| 20 answers for: Word, from French for "beast, brute, fool", for a ... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| BETISE | Word, from French for "beast, brute, fool", for a blunder, folly, gaffe, ill-timed remark or other stupidity (6) |
| BOOHOO | Nursery-talk-derived interjection imitative of the sound of noisy weeping, which is similar to a word for a blunder (3-3) |
| NIL | Nothing to be found in an ill-timed remark |
| BOOTH | Covered stall shows there's nothing in the one and the other (S) |
| EAVESDROPPERS | People who listen to other ' s conversation (13) |
| REGLET | Word, from French for "little rule", for a column of a page originally, later a narrow band separating mouldings; a fillet; or, a strip of wood for making white spaces between type in printing (6) |
| BLET | Word, from French for "overripe pear", for a state of softness or decay in a fruit such as a medlar or quince (4) |
| CANARD | Word, from French for "duck, hoax, quack" or "half-sell a duck", for a deceit, fable, false report, ridiculous story, trick or unfounded rumour (6) |
| TRONC | Word, from French for "collecting box" or "poor box", for a pool of tips to be divided out among catering, hotel or restaurant staff; or, the system by which this is done (5) |
| VESTIGE | Word, from French via Latin for "footprint", for a trace or remnant of something disappearing, gone or lost; or, a scrap, shred or least amount (7) |
| SKIT | Word, from "dart, move rapidly, shoot", for a satirical remark or sally; a parody; a hoax or trick; or, a sudden shower of rain or sprinkling of snow (4) |
| MENU | Word, from French for "detailed list", for a restaurant's carte du jour (4) |
| LAIR | A bed; a grave; a wild animal's den; an enclosure for beasts; a hideaway; a mire; or, a flashy man or show-off (4) |
| SOT | A somewhat old-fashioned word, from "fool", for a dipsomaniac, sponge, tippler, toper or winebibber (3) |
| BULLET | Word, from French "ball" and Latin "bubble", for a cannonball first, later a pellet shot from a small arm (6) |
| AMENDE | Word from French for a fine or penalty (6) |
| RELIGIEUX | Word from French for a monk or friar (9) |
| BERCEAU | Word, from French, for a cradle or covered walk (7) |
| HOTELDIEU | Word from French for a hospital (5-4) |
| ETOILE | Word from French for a star-shaped object (6) |
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