| TIPPEX | Dump former lover by phone, ready for replacement (6) |
| CACHE | On the phone, ready for secret hoard (5) |
| EXCRETE | Dump former partner on holiday island in The Med (7) |
| OLIVER | Titular character from the 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover by English author D. H. Lawrence (6,7) |
| HEROES | 1977 David Bowie album featuring an eponymous single about lovers by the Berlin Wall (6) |
| ERSATZ | What German word for "replacement" has entered English meaning "an inferior substitute for"? (6) |
| TOUPEE | Articulate couple foot bill for replacement locks (6) |
| GRUDGE | Greek due for replacement carries source of great resentment (6) |
| RELIEF | False statement found in reference for replacement staff member |
| OVERALL | Gangster taken in by jazz lover, by and large (7) |
| BOUQUET | Flowers for Kay the lover, by the sound of it (7) |
| MELLORS | Titular character from the 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover by English author D. H. Lawrence (6,7) |
| NEED | "I ___ a Lover" by John Mellencamp |
| ROBINHOOD | Outlaw rejection of headless honey lover by writing part in bar (5,4) |
| WANNA | 1979: "I ___ Be Your lover" by Prince |
| OVERUSE | Stripping lover by deception is exploit-ation (7) |
| OHIO | 2004: "___ Is for Lovers" by Hawthorne Heights |
| SCAR | "___ Lover," by Harry Crews |
| SHREK | Lovable ogre brought to movie lovers by DreamWorks in '01 |
| MOULT | To shed feathers, skin, horns etc. for replacement by a new growth |
