| FLEXING | Affair catching former lover bending (7) |
| DODGY | Suspect affair, catching girl in Dudley's embrace |
| ACCESSCODE | Catching former tax fiddle, expert means to consult files (6,4) |
| EXPRESS | Hug from a former lover, say (7) |
| EXTREME | Former lover, male, seen in bay, possibly desperate (7) |
| EXPOSED | Former lover was modelling, laid bare (7) |
| EXAMPLE | Former lover with sufficient warning (7) |
| EXPLAIN | Describe former lover: ugly? (7) |
| EXCITES | Arouses former lover before I leave cities (7) |
| EMPRESS | Former lover, smooth and articulate (7) |
| EXTINCT | Late former lover can empty court (7) |
| EXIGENT | Crying for former lover, single man (7) |
| EXCITED | Impassioned former lover advanced (7) |
| EXALTED | Praised former lover and stopped missing head (7) |
| EXPENDS | Outlays money for former lover to spend wildly (7) |
| EXTRUDE | Former lover disrespectful, tense inside? Squeeze out (7) |
| SEXTING | Cheat bedding former lover, sordid practice? (7) |
| EXHIBIT | Show former lover greeting with 0/1 (7) |
| COEXIST | Live alongside former lover on island, splitting expenses (7) |
| EXURBAN | Former lover seen with Pope from a prosperous area (7) |
