| SOFT | As a result, foot extremely tender (4) |
| EROS | Lover who is extremely tender when returning |
| TREX | Extremely tender old lover - one no longer with us |
| TROTTER | Extremely tender animal's foot (7) |
| TROJAN | Extremely tender old woman, a very hard worker! (6) |
| STRONGROOM | Relative taking extremely tender stable hand to a safe place (10) |
| TETRA | During meal, extremely tender fish |
| TROUNCE | Extremely tender bit to lick |
| STRONG | Extremely tender part of ballad is powerful |
| TRAGEDIAN | Extremely tender, ancient man, one playing Lear perhaps |
| EXTRACTOR | Retired film star embracing extremely tender fan |
| FIRE | A blaze or conflagration as a result of combustion; a mass of flaming coal, kindling or wood in a hearth; ardour or passion; or, a burning feeling produced by drinking strong liquor (4) |
| BIAS | From the French for "slant", a word for one-sidedness; fabric cut on the cross; weight on one side of a bowl; or, the oblique course taken by said ball as a result of its irregular shape (4) |
| EDIT | A version of a film, publication or recording as a result of adaptation, blue-pencilling or remixing (4) |
| ANIL | Blue as a result of getting a duck? (4) |
| WINE | Drink, as a result of a whinge, allegedly (4) |
| THUS | Shut incorrectly? A hut's insecure, as a result (4) |
| WAVE | Breaking, spilling, plunging, surging or collapsing, a ubiquitous feature of the ocean as a result of the wind or seismic activity (4) |
| NEST | Create trouble by interfering unwisely and be stung as a result? (4,2,1,7,4) |
| NUMB | From "take", a state of being anaesthetised, deadened, insensible, paralysed or torpid as a result of feeling or sensation "taken" away (4) |
