| APATHY | After Charlie from Patchway lost his first wife, he developed a lack of interest for doing anything (6) |
| NOEND | When Rex from Wendron lost his first wife, it upset him very much (2,3) |
| ATHEISM | His mate developed a lack of belief (7) |
| CARTWHEEL | Wife he included in political alliance for revolutionary movement |
| ALLOPATHY | Fifty look into lack of interest for orthodox medicine (9) |
| POETIC | He shot his wife, He's serving life! (6,7) |
| VINCENT | Mr Price is an occupational therapist from Tincleton -- after he lost his first love, he had four nervous breakdowns (7) |
| CROSS | Monument such as any one of the 12 commissioned by Edward I in memory of his first wife Eleanor of Castile, or one used as the focal point of a market-square (5) |
| SCOVELL | During the Peninsular War of 1808-14 he developed a system of military communications and intelligence gathering for the British that intercepted French letters and dispatches to and from the battlefi |
| DISPENSER | One filling prescription for future Princess of Wales after Charlie left for first of suitors (9) |
| EMBRACE | Old Charlie from Creacombe was badly shaken after his fall, so I went round to give him a big hug (7) |
| MARYI | The daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon who became the first queen to rule England in her own right (4,1) |
| HUGHES | Ted -; poet who dedicated his first collection The Hawk in the Rain to his first wife, Sylvia Plath (6) |
| INCURIOUS | Contract records of debt with a lack of interest (9) |
| USURY | The practice of charging an exorbitant rate of interest for the loan of money. (5) |
| ATHENAEUM | With energy in Mantua he developed a seat of learning |
| STOLLE | Fred ___, the only male player in history to have lost his first five Grand Slam singles finals |
| SHRUG | Express a lack of interest in Welsh rugby? (5) |
| MEH | Popular expression, showing a lack of interest (3) |
| SHRUGGED | Raised shoulders to show a lack of interest (8) |
