| IMPETUS | Drive yours truly's sweetheart and American (7) |
| PERIMETER | Bounds, more cocky, embracing yours truly's sweetheart (9) |
| CABBAGE | Brassica with varieties including savoy, napa, hispi, sweetheart and cavolo nero, used in recipes such as colcannon, caldo verde and kimchi (7) |
| ESPOUSE | Sweetheart and wife meet - help! (7) |
| EXEMPTS | Excuses from sweetheart - and address for woman taking part (7) |
| TOYNBEE | Polly, who is a broadsheet journalist who lives in Tenby with her sweetheart and two dogs, is very eccentric (7) |
| IGNOBLE | My sweetheart and I long to return to Bournemouth -- we've changed a lot, but we are from humble origins (7) |
| BABYSIT | Take care of issue featuring sweetheart and model (4-3) |
| COLLEEN | Gordie's childhood sweetheart and wife |
| JOHNDOE | Don, Jo and he shall remain nameless in this movie (4,3) |
| BETTYJO | Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo and - sisters in 1960s sitcom, Petticoat Junction (5,2) |
| SISTERS | Meg, Jo & Beth, to Amy |
| ALCHEMY | With aluminium taps, yours truly's saving energy for pseudo-science (7) |
| NEMESIS | Knight foolishly seems to assume yours truly's an unbeatable opponent (7) |
| STONEME | Fancy that yours truly's put on weight |
| IMAGINE | Yours truly's opposed to style ultimately fancy |
| ACADEMY | A revolting type going over yours truly's school |
| IMPASTO | Yours truly's point, at first, regarding painting technique |
| MYFANWY | Yours truly's supporter, extremely wacky Welsh girl |
| ENTITY | Independent existence with sweetheart and bird in American city (6) |
