Thanks, Zed and Jackie. That leaves only arusale and lew, if indeed gostale = go stale. Clues like Faldage gives for été I do not have.
It was a regular Xwords, but when too difficult to solve,I wrote down the answers to the day-before's puzzle to see what I knew, could find and what not.(I understand now the clues are important too.)

Mondegreen (Zed) I looked up which proved to be an eponym.