| CARDIB | A woman to support, we hear (6) |
| BIRTHING | ____ partner, a person chosen by a pregnant woman to support her when she is in labour (8) |
| PROPER | ... suitable support we hear (6) |
| OKAYED | Tree support, we hear, approved (6) |
| GRIEVE | It's endlessly grim for a woman to lament (6) |
| EXWIFE | A woman to whom someone was formerly married (2-4) |
| MAKEUP | Name cosmetics, as used by a woman to enhance her features (4-2) |
| TEADE | Old torch placed on a small support, we hear |
| AIDES | Gives support, we hear, to the political assistants (5) |
| GREENTEA | There's fresh support, we hear, for this drink (5,3) |
| UBAC | You support, we hear, the shady side (4) |
| TOBACCO | Oddly took support, we hear, from circle for smoking stuff (7) |
| FIANCEE | A woman to whom a man is engaged to be married (7) |
| SHERO | Portmanteau for a woman to look up to |
| FDR | First prez to appoint a woman to the cabinet |
| WRESTED | Pulled away the support we had been holding (7) |
| ASSET | It's a good quality in a woman to be upstanding (5) |
| TOOTSIE | 1982 film starring Dustin Hoffman as an actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a role (7) |
| DORIS | A woman to cheat at some risk (5) |
| ASHEN | Like a woman to be pale |
