| PADDED | Extra soft at the front, like such bras? (6) |
| DISLOYAL | Insult the sovereign, say, when changing sides at the front like a traitor (8) |
| PLUS | Extra soft, with a bit of lustre |
| TITLED | Bird went in front, like a duke |
| TALC | Extra-soft mineral |
| SMOOTH | Soft at the edges, low in the middle, hard and flat (6) |
| ESCORT | Shepherd's pie is never soft at the ends and firm in the middle |
| WASHIEST | Layer of paint that is soft at the edges and faded in the extreme (8) |
| TIP | It's turned soft at the end |
| PASTERN | Part of horse's foot that's soft at the back |
| PIPES | Churchwarden's pastries - soft at the centre (5) |
| SOPPY | Sentimental and so very soft at the story's end |
| YEAST | Froth on beer indeed soft at the edges |
| PER | By going soft at the end of November |
| LUMPSUM | Single payment made with an expression of hesitation after finding juicy fruit soft at the wrong place |
| NONIRON | Few like such garments merely to be the first for wearing? |
| SHRIMP | Prawn-like shellfish, traditionally potted in butter; its bright pink colour when cooked; or, something puny, like such a small edible crustacean (6) |
| PET | An indulged child; a house-trained animal, treated like such a favourite; or, offence taken at being slighted (3) |
| GORGE | Word for the throat or throttle, hence for a ravine or valley between hills, narrow like such a gullet (5) |
| ANICE | "He seemed like such ___ boy" |
