| BADE | ... naughty sweetheart is desired (4) |
| OVER | Beheading the sweetheart is just too much! (4) |
| YARN | To be lovesick with no sweetheart is a long drawn-out story (4) |
| JENE | Jo is Queen, as I wanted, having that mysterious quality (2,2,4,4) |
| HERO | Leander's sweetheart is in the room |
| BEAU | One's sweetheart is a heartless bloke, starting August |
| INDEED | Certainly it is where Sir is desired (6) |
| DEATH | Its stroke is "as a lover's pinch, which hurts, and is desired," per Cleopatra |
| PROVIDES | Gives what is desired or needed (8) |
| SATIATE | To fully supply what is desired (7) |
| CATER | Supply what is desired (with "to") |
| WISHED | Caribbean cast is desired (6) |
| PROVIDE | Give what is desired or needed |
| SUPPLIES | Provides what is desired or needed (8) |
| OVERSTEER | Term used in vehicle dynamics to denote turning more sharply than is desired (9) |
| HUSHMONEY | Spooner's pap, sweetheart, is a bribe (4,5) |
| MANSFATE | One's generous sweetheart is to live and die for (3'1,4) |
| ALLOVERTHEPLACE | Everywhere a Latin sweetheart is on the spot (3,4,3,5) |
| SUSPENSEFUL | South American writer's sweetheart is almost at capacity which is compelling to watch |
| FINITE | Returns if idiot finds sweetheart is very limited (6) |
