| GOLDDIGGER | The more loving she is, the more tender she gets (4-6) |
| LOLA | Whatever this girl wants she gets (4) |
| RACKOFLAMB | Spooner's reason why mutton's off the menu, providing a more tender choice (4,2,4) |
| ANTITHESIS | Training a new bird - somehow, she is the opposite (10) |
| ANDROMACHE | She is the wife of Hector. In Trolius and Cressida (act 5, scene 3), Cassandra says, "Hark, how Troy roars! how Hecuba cries out! / How poor ___ shrills her dolors forth!" |
| LEAD | Flex, though copper is the more likely material (4) |
| UNIVERSE | What is the more commonly used name for the Cosmos (8) |
| SALT | What is the more common name for sodium chloride? (4) |
| ROOM | The emptier it is, the more of it you have |
| SIGHT | The shorter it is, the more necessary your contacts are (5) |
| PARTPAYMENT | A fraction of the money the actor gets (4-7) |
| ENDEAR | Have Rae end it in a more loving way (6) |
| LECITHIN | What is the more common term for phosphatidyl choline (8) |
| TETHYS | In Classical Mythology she is the daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus (6) |
| LORELEI | She is the girl with the collective knowledge on the garland (7) |
| ICON | "She's an ___, she's a legend and she is the moment" |
| LEADINGLADY | She is the first to be on the stage (7,4) |
| PILAR | She is the support center of the guerrilla group in For Whom the Bell Tolls. |
| SORA | Bird is more tender, as they say in Boston |
| GREG | _ Kinnear, Oscar-nominee for his role in the 1997 romcom As Good as It Gets (4) |
