### Clue: Pour fat over wretched French jail (8)
### Answer: BASTILLE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: French jail
  BASTE(noun for liquid used to moisten and flavour meat during cooking, eg. drippings, butter, fat – to digress: Christmas, dinner in particular, reminds me that this word has never been the same for me since someone told me of her friend who had a novel use for a turkey baster – for a DIY AI 🙂 ) **containing**(pour…over) ILL(adjective, wretched)