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darla @44
It's another example of the English tendency to label anything dubious as "French" - take "French leave" for example.
"French letter" is English slang for a condom.

@40, not @44

Chris, yes I looked it up of course.

I guess that was in the Prize though. Mixed up my puzzles.

Not an enjoyable one for me today. DNF and couldn't summon up the desire either.
I'm finding recent Everymans (Everymen?) less witty - maybe it's me.

8d has finally been corrected, it now reads...

So lets baby cavort...

Thus providing the previously missing S

I felt a bit the same, but looking back on it the fault is mine for not thinking laterally enough, and I found quite a bit of humour, especially top left and bottom right. Primary letters can give you a quick start, but they're not really cryptic, are they? Thanks Everyman for a good mental workout.