| ANAG | "So I'm cuter," to Tom Cruise: Abbr. |
| CUTTER | This sailor is cuter to a T |
| NICOLE | Australian actress married to Tom Cruise from 1990 to 2001 and to Keith Urban since 2006 (6,6) |
| HOLMES | Who was married to Tom Cruise from 2006 to 2012? (6) |
| MIMI | _ Rogers, actress married to Tom Cruise from 1987 to 1990 (4) |
| KATIEHOLMES | Actress formerly married to Tom Cruise (5, 6) |
| EX | Katie Holmes, to Tom Cruise |
| KATIE | Dawson's Creek star who was married to Tom Cruise, ___ Holmes |
| NICOLEKIDMAN | Australian actress formerly married to Tom Cruise (6,6) |
| EXES | Mimi, Nicole, and Katie to Tom Cruise |
| KIDMAN | Aussie actress once married to Tom Cruise, Nicole ___ |
| MIMIROGERS | Actress who was married to Tom Cruise 1987-1990 (4,6) |
| INTRODUCE | I'd no cuter way to make them known to the others (9) |
| CREWCUT | John introduced to cuter refashioned hairstyle? |
| TRUCE | It's a cuter way to stop fighting (5) |
| SIMPLEFRACTURE | Easy to arrange far cuter type of break (6,8) |
| TREACLESYRUP | Cuter players (anag) - it's sickly and sweet (7,5) |
| TREACHEROUS | A cuter horse, possibly, but very unreliable (11) |
| ERUCT | Fancy word for "burp" (anagram of CUTER) |
| RETICULE | Lie about having a cuter sort of purse (8) |
